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”).

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  
Breton consonant mutation
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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
draen dhraen ndraen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Conjugation of draen (weak class 1)
infinitive draen
indicative present past
1st person singular drau drata
2nd person singular drais, draist dratōs, dratōst
3rd person singular drait drata
1st person plural draem, draemēs dratum, dratumēs
2nd person plural draet dratut
3rd person plural draent dratun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular drae drati
2nd person singular draēs, draēst dratīs, dratīst
3rd person singular drae drati
1st person plural draēm, draēn, draemēs dratīm, dratīn, dratīmēs
2nd person plural draēt dratīt
3rd person plural draēn dratīn
imperative present
singular drai
plural draet
participle present past
draenti gidrat

Related terms

Descendants

Welsh

Alternative forms

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”).

Noun

draen f (plural drain)

  1. thorn, prickle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English drain.

Noun

draen f (plural dreiniau)

  1. drain
Related terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
draen ddraen nraen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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