draen

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See also: Draen and dræn

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa) (compare Old Irish draigen, modern Irish draighean), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (blackbush, sloe tree).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

draen f (plural drein, singulative draenenn)

  1. (botany) thorn
  2. fishbone
  3. point, tip (of sharp object)
  4. (by extension, of arms) détente
  5. (by extension, of horse) withers
  6. (figurative) snag, hitch, problem, difficulty

Mutation

Mutation of draen
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular draen zraen unchanged traen
plural drein zrein unchanged trein

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dragena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104

Irish

Noun

draen m (genitive singular draein, nominative plural draenta)

  1. Alternative form of draein (drain)

Declension

Declension of draen (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative draen draenta
vocative a dhraein a dhraenta
genitive draein draenta
dative draen draenta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an draen na draenta
genitive an draein na ndraenta
dative leis an draen
don draen
leis na draenta

Mutation

Mutated forms of draen
radical lenition eclipsis
draen dhraen ndraen

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

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną, akin to Old Saxon thrāian, Old English þrāwan.

Verb

drāen

  1. to twist
  2. to turn

Conjugation

Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa) (compare Old Irish draigen, modern Irish draighean), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (blackbush, sloe tree).[1]

Noun

draen f (collective, singulative draenen)

  1. Alternative form of drain (thorn, prickle)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English drain.

Noun

draen f (plural dreiniau)[2]

  1. drain

Mutation

Mutated forms of draen
radical soft nasal aspirate
draen ddraen nraen unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dragena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “draen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies