draein

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English drain, from the verb, from Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from *draugiz (“dry, parched”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠeːnʲ/

Noun

draein f (genitive singular draenach, nominative plural draenacha)

  1. drain (conduit for liquids)

Declension
Declension of draein

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative draein draenacha
Vocative a dhraein a dhraenacha
Genitive draenach draenacha
Dative draein draenacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an draein na draenacha
Genitive na draenach na ndraenacha
Dative leis an draein

don draein

 leis na draenacha

Noun

draein

  1. vocative/genitive singular of draen

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
draein dhraein ndraein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “draein”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “draein”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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