dragan

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See also: drágán and Dragan

Gothic

Romanization

dragan

  1. Romanization of 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠaɡənˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, I see clearly).

Noun

dragan m (genitive singular dragain, nominative plural dragain)

  1. dragon
    1. (figurative) warrior
    2. dragon lizard (member of Agamidae)
  2. tarragon
Declension
Declension of dragan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dragan dragain
vocative a dhragain a dhragana
genitive dragain dragan
dative dragan dragain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dragan na dragain
genitive an dragain na ndragan
dative leis an dragan
don dragan
leis na dragain
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

dragan

  1. genitive singular of draig

Mutation

Mutated forms of dragan
radical lenition eclipsis
dragan dhragan ndragan

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

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dragán, an English or Romance loanword, ultimately from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon).

Noun

dragan m (genitive singular dragan, plural draganyn)

  1. dragon
    Synonym: dragane

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dragan ghragan nragan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Verb

dragan

  1. to carry
  2. to wear (clothes)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: drāgen
    • Dutch: dragen
    • Limburgish: drage
    • Zealandic: draege

Further reading

  • dragan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Pronunciation

Verb

dragan

  1. to draw, drag

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Verb

dragan

  1. to go, to travel

Conjugation

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drǎɡan/
  • Hyphenation: dra‧gan

Noun

dràgan m (Cyrillic spelling дра̀ган)

  1. (of a guy) sweetheart

Declension

Spanish

Verb

dragan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of dragar