draen

See also: Draen and dræn

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Old Irish draigen, modern Irish draighean), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁɛːn/

Noun

draen f (plural drein, singulative draenenn)

1. (botany) thorn
2. fishbone
3. point, tip (of sharp object)
4. (by extension, of arms) détente
5. (by extension, of horse) withers
6. (figurative) snag, hitch, problem, difficulty

Mutation

Mutation of draen

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	draen	zraen	unchanged	traen
plural	drein	zrein	unchanged	trein

Irish

Noun

draen m (genitive singular draein, nominative plural draenta)

1. Alternative form of draein (“drain”)

Declension

Declension of draen (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative draen draenta vocative a dhraein a dhraenta genitive draein draenta dative draen draenta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an draen na draenta genitive an draein na ndraenta dative leis an draen don draen leis na draenta

Mutation

Mutated forms of draen

radical	lenition	eclipsis
draen	dhraen	ndraen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną, akin to Old Saxon thrāian, Old English þrāwan.

Verb

drāen

1. to twist
2. to turn

Conjugation

Conjugation of draen (weak class 1)

infinitive	draen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	drau	drata
2nd person singular	drais, draist	dratōs, dratōst
3rd person singular	drait	drata
1st person plural	draem, draemēs	dratum, dratumēs
2nd person plural	draet	dratut
3rd person plural	draent	dratun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	drae	drati
2nd person singular	draēs, draēst	dratīs, dratīst
3rd person singular	drae	drati
1st person plural	draēm, draēn, draemēs	dratīm, dratīn, dratīmēs
2nd person plural	draēt	dratīt
3rd person plural	draēn	dratīn
imperative	present
singular	drai
plural	draet
participle	present	past
	draenti	gidrat

Related terms

• drāto

Descendants

• Middle High German: dræjen, dræn
  • Bavarian: drahn
    • Cimbrian: dréenan
  • Central Franconian: driehe, drähe, drähne
    • Hunsrik: drehe
    • Luxembourgish: dréien, dréinen
  • German: drehen
  • Yiddish: דרייען (dreyen)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /draːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /drai̯n/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: drain (South Wales)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Old Irish draigen, modern Irish draighean), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”).

Noun

draen f (collective, singulative draenen)

1. Alternative form of drain (“thorn, prickle”)

Derived terms

• draenog
• dreiniog
• ar y draen, ar ddraen (“on tenterhooks”)

Etymology 2

From English drain.

Noun

draen f (plural dreiniau)

1. drain

Related terms

• draenio, dreinio (“to drain”)
• draeniad (“drainage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of draen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
draen	ddraen	nraen	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.