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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish draigen (whence also Irish draighean and Manx drine), from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Welsh draen), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”).
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Noun
droigheann m (genitive singular droighinn, plural droighinn)
- blackthorn
- thorn
- bramble; thorny plant generally
- às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire
- am fear a thèid san droigheann dhomh, thèid mi san dris dha ― (idiomatic) you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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