draighean

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish draigen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic droigheann, Manx drine, Breton/Welsh draen and Cornish dren.

Pronunciation

Noun

draighean m (genitive singular draighin)

  1. blackthorn, sloe (Prunus spinosa)
    Synonym: airneog

Declension

Declension of draighean (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative draighean
vocative a dhraighin
genitive draighin
dative draighean
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an draighean
genitive an draighin
dative leis an draighean
don draighean

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of draighean
radical lenition eclipsis
draighean dhraighean ndraighean

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

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