dranndan

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾãũn̪ˠt̪an/

Noun

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dranndan m (genitive singular dranndain, plural dranndain)

  1. growl, snarl

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dranndan dhranndan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dranndan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 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
  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “drannd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN