dreathan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dreän (“wren”).

Noun

dreathan m (genitive singular dreathain, plural dreathain)

1. wren

Derived terms

• dreathan a' chinn bhuidhe m (“goldcrest”)
• dreathan donn m

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dreathan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreän”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language