dragh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mor-draige, from Proto-Celtic *drago-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreǵʰ- (“to be unwilling, vexed”). Compare Old English trega (“grief, vexation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dragh m (genitive singular dragha, plural draghan)

  1. annoyance, trouble, bother
  2. worry, anxiety

Derived terms

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dragh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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