drāna
See also: drana, drána, and drānā
Latvian
Drāna
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dr- (“to tear, rip, split”) (whence also dīrāt (“to skin, flay”)), with a suffix *-eh₂, yielding *dr-eh₂ > drā-, and another suffix, either *-no-/*-nā-, or (according to Pokorny) *-p-an, with the p later reducing to zero (but still conserved in the Lithuanian and Sanskrit cognates). The semantic evolution was probably: “to skin” > “skin, fur” > “fabric”. Cognates include Lithuanian drãpana (“clothes, costume”) (dialectal also “handkerchief”, “piece of cloth”), Sanskrit द्रापिः (drāpíḥ, “coat, attire”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [drāːna]
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Noun
drāna f (4th declension)
- fabric (cloth, material made of fibers)
- vilnas, zīda, linu drāna ― wool, slik, linen cloth
- aizkaru drāna ― curtain cloth
- rūtota drāna ― checked fabric
- piece of cloth, handkerchief
- kabatas drāna ― pocket handkerchief
- (only plural) clothes, garments
- ģērbties gaišās drānās ― to dress in bright clothes
Declension
Declension of drāna (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | drāna | drānas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | drānu | drānas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | drānas | drānu |
| dative (datīvs) | drānai | drānām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | drānu | drānām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | drānā | drānās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | drāna | drānas |
Synonyms
- (fabric): audums
- (clothes): drēbe
Derived terms
- spilvendrāna
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “drāna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN