drantán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From drant (“gum, mouth”) +‎ -án. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dranndan.

Pronunciation

Noun

drantán m (genitive singular drantáin, nominative plural drantáin)

  1. hum(ming), croon(ing)
  2. growl(ing), snarl(ing)
  3. drone/droning, buzz(ing)
  4. grumble/grumbling

Declension

Declension of drantán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative drantán drantáin
vocative a dhrantáin a dhrantána
genitive drantáin drantán
dative drantán drantáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an drantán na drantáin
genitive an drantáin na ndrantán
dative leis an drantán
don drantán 		leis na drantáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of drantán
radical lenition eclipsis
drantán dhrantán ndrantán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 477, page 152

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