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)

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

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