droigheann
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish draigen (whence also Irish draighean and Manx drine), from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Welsh draen), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
droigheann m (genitive singular droighinn, plural droighinn)
- blackthorn
- thorn
- bramble; thorny plant generally
- às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire
- am fear a thèid san droigheann dhomh, thèid mi san dris dha ― (idiomatic) you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
Synonyms[edit]
- dris
- (thorn): stob
- (bramble): smeur
- (blackthorn): sgìtheach-dubh, àirneag
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “dragena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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