dreathan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dreän (“wren”).

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾi.an/
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɛhan/[1]
  • (much of Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾai.an/[2]

Noun

dreathan m (genitive singular dreathain, plural dreathain)

  1. wren
    Synonym: (Islay) dreòlan

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 249
  2. ^ Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎[2], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dreathan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreän”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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