dorn
English
Etymology
Compare German Dorn (“thorn”).
Noun
dorn (plural dorns)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Breton
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Etymology
From Old Breton durn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Noun
dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dorn | dhorn | unchanged | torn | torn | torn |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn), probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠən̪ˠ/[1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːɾˠn̪ˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠən/; /ˈd̪ˠauɾˠnə/[2] (corresponding to the form dorna)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɔːɾˠn̪ˠ/[3]
Noun
dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)
Declension
Alternative plural forms:
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dorn | dhorn | ndorn |
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu̯ɛn (“son, boy”). Cognate with White Hmong tub.
Noun
dorn
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn.
Noun
dorn m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “dorn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dorn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *durnos, further etymology unknown; possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Welsh dwrn.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dorn m (genitive duirn)
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | dorn | dornL | duirnL |
| Vocative | duirn | dornL | durnuH |
| Accusative | dornN | dornL | durnuH |
| Genitive | duirnL | dorn | dornN |
| Dative | durnL | dornaib | dornaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dorn | dorn pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndorn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*durno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 109
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dь̀rnъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dorn m inan
Declension
References
- “dorn” in Soblex