draigen

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dregenom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdraɣʲen]

Noun

draigen n (genitive draigin)

blackthorn, Prunus spinosa

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	draigen^N	draigen^N	draigen^L, draigena
vocative	draigen^N	draigen^N	draigen^L, draigena
accusative	draigen^N	draigen^N	draigen^L, draigena
genitive	draigin^L	draigen	draigen^N
dative	draigen^L	draigenaib	draigenaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: draighean
Manx: drine
Scottish Gaelic: droigheann
⇒ Middle Irish: draignech
- Irish: draighneach
- Scottish Gaelic: droighneach
⇒ Middle Irish: draignén
- Irish: draighneán
- Scottish Gaelic: droighnean

Mutation

Mutation of *draigen*
radical	lenition	nasalization
draigen	draigen pronounced with /ð-/	ndraigen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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