dòrn

See also: dorn and Dorn

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dorn, from Old High German dorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn”). Cognate with German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

dòrn m (plural dórne, diminutive dôrnle)

  1. (Sette Comuni) thorn
    Dar bèg bomme hümmele is gadékhet met dórnen.
    The road to paradise is covered with thorns.

References

  • “dòrn” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

dòrn m (genitive singular dùirn, plural dùirn)

  1. fist
  2. hilt
  3. punch (of a fist)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dòrn
radical lenition
dòrn dhòrn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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