draighean

Irish

Alternative forms

• draghan, droighean

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

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠaiən̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠiənˠ/, /d̪ˠɾˠiən̪ˠ/

Noun

draighean m (genitive singular draighin)

1. blackthorn, sloe (Prunus spinosa)

   Synonym: airneog

Declension

Declension of draighean

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

• draighneach
• draighneán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
draighean	dhraighean	ndraighean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “draighean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “draigen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “draiġean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 259
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “draighean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62