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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
Time’s noblest offspring is the last.
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.
Definition 2024
dráma
dráma
Hungarian
Noun
dráma (plural drámák)
- drama (a theatrical play)
- 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
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Irish
Alternative forms
- drama (Cois Fharraige)
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)
Declension
Declension of dráma
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from dráma
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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
- "dráma" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.