dranndan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish drantaigim, from Old Irish drantán (“snarl”), from drant (“jaw”), from Proto-Celtic *dran, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, murmur”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɾãũn̪ˠt̪an/

Noun

dranndan m (genitive singular dranndain, plural dranndain)

  1. growl, snarl

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dranndandhranndan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dranndan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “drantán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “drannd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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