dranndan
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish drantaigim, from Old Irish drantán (“snarl”), from drant (“jaw”), from Proto-Celtic *dran, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, murmur”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dranndan m (genitive singular dranndain, plural dranndain)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| dranndan | dhranndan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “drannd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[3], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dranndan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drantán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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