droigheann

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”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾɔjən̪ˠ/

Noun

droigheann m (genitive singular droighinn, plural droighinn)

  1. blackthorn
  2. thorn
  3. 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

Synonyms
  • dris
  • (thorn): stob
  • (bramble): smeur
  • (blackthorn): sgìtheach-dubh, àirneag

Derived terms

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dragena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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