draighean

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 French dren.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠiənˠ/

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

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” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the 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
• “draighean” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page .
• "draighean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.