draighean
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish draigen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic droigheann, Manx drine, Breton/Welsh draen and Cornish dren.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
draighean m (genitive singular draighin)
- blackthorn, sloe (Prunus spinosa)
- Synonym: airneog
Declension[edit]
Declension of draighean
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
draighean | dhraighean | ndraighean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “draighean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “draigen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “draiġean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 259
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “draighean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
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