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Webster 1913 Edition


Drama

Dra′ma

(drä′mȧ or drā′mȧ; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
drama
, Gr.
δρᾶμα
, fr.
δρᾶν
to do, act; cf. Lith.
daryti
.]
1.
A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
A divine pastoral
drama
in the Song of Solomon.
Milton.
2.
A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
“The drama of war.”
Thackeray.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the
drama
with the day;
Time’s noblest offspring is the last.
Berkeley.
The
drama
and contrivances of God's providence.
Sharp.
3.
Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
☞ The principal species of the drama are
tragedy
and
comedy
; inferior species are
tragi-comedy
,
melodrama
,
operas
,
burlettas
, and
farces
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drama

DRAMA

,
Noun.
[Gr., to make.] A poem or composition representing a picture of human life, and accommodated to action. The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy, opera, &c.

Definition 2024


dráma

dráma

See also: drama and Drama

Hungarian

Noun

dráma (plural drámák)

  1. drama (a theatrical play)
  2. drama (a real-life situation full of tension)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dráma drámák
accusative drámát drámákat
dative drámának drámáknak
instrumental drámával drámákkal
causal-final drámáért drámákért
translative drámává drámákká
terminative drámáig drámákig
essive-formal drámaként drámákként
essive-modal
inessive drámában drámákban
superessive drámán drámákon
adessive drámánál drámáknál
illative drámába drámákba
sublative drámára drámákra
allative drámához drámákhoz
elative drámából drámákból
delative drámáról drámákról
ablative drámától drámáktól
Possessive forms of dráma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. drámám drámáim
2nd person sing. drámád drámáid
3rd person sing. drámája drámái
1st person plural drámánk drámáink
2nd person plural drámátok drámáitok
3rd person plural drámájuk drámáik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

See also

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, an act, a theatrical act, a play), from δράω (dráō, to act, to take action, to achieve).

Pronunciation

Noun

dráma m (genitive singular dráma, nominative plural drámaí)

  1. drama
  2. play (literary composition; theatrical performance)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dráma dhráma ndráma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References