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)
- thorn
- bramble
- blackthorn
Synonyms
- dris
- (thorn): stob
- (bramble): smeur
- (blackthorn): sgìtheach-dubh, àirneag
Derived terms
- droighneach
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “dragena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 104