dorn

See also: Dorn and dòrn

English

Etymology

Compare German Dorn (“thorn”).

Noun

dorn (plural dorns)

1. A British ray; the thornback.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Nord, rond

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Breton

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dorn

palv

arzorn

biz-meud

biz-yod

(biz-ar-vagerez)

biz-bras

biz-ar-bizoù

(biz-ar-galon, biz-gwalenn)

biz-bihan

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brec'h

brec'h

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔrn/

Noun

dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)

1. hand

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)

1. hand
2. fist
3. handle

Mutation

  Mutation of dorn  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dorn	dhorn	unchanged	torn	torn	torn

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Irish

Alternative forms

• dorna

Etymology

From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠən̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoːɾˠn̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔːɾˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

1. fist

Declension

Declension of dorn

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dorn doirne Vocative a dhorn a dhoirne Genitive doirn dorn Dative dorn doirne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dorn na doirne Genitive an doirn na ndorn Dative leis an dorn don dorn leis na doirne

Alternative plural forms:

• doirn, dorna, dornaí

Derived terms

• dornáil (“to box, fist; boxing, fisting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dorn	dhorn	ndorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu̯ɛn (“son, boy”). Cognate with White Hmong tub.

Noun

dorn 

1. boy

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn.

Noun

dorn m

1. thorn
2. thornbush

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• dōorn, dōren

Descendants

• Dutch: doren, doorn
  • Afrikaans: doring
  • Negerhollands: dorn, doorn

Further reading

• “dorn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dorn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos, further etymology unknown; possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Welsh dwrn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorn/

Noun

dorn m (genitive duirn)

1. hand, fist
2. handle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dorn	dornL	duirnL
Vocative	duirn	dornL	durnuH
Accusative	dornN	dornL	durnuH
Genitive	duirnL	dorn	dornN
Dative	durnL	dornaib	dornaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dorn
  • Irish: dorn
  • Scottish Gaelic: dòrn
  • Manx: doarn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dorn	dorn pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language