dreathan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dreän (“wren”).

Noun

dreathan m (genitive singular dreathain, plural dreathain)

wren

Derived terms

dreathan a' chinn bhuidhe m (“goldcrest”)
dreathan donn m

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “dreathan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dreän”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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