draein

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English drain, from the verb, from Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from *draugiz (“dry, parched”).

Pronunciation

Noun

draein f (genitive singular draenach, nominative plural draenacha)

  1. drain (conduit for liquids)

Declension

Declension of draein (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative draein draenacha
vocative a dhraein a dhraenacha
genitive draenach draenacha
dative draein draenacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an draein na draenacha
genitive na draenach na ndraenacha
dative leis an draein
don draein 		leis na draenacha

Noun

draein

  1. vocative/genitive singular of draen

Mutation

Mutated forms of draein
radical lenition eclipsis
draein dhraein ndraein

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “draein”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “draein”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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