drāna

See also: drana, drána, and drānā

Latvian

Drāna

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dr- (“to tear, rip, split”) (whence also dīrāt (“to skin, flay”)), with a suffix *-eh₂, yielding *dr-eh₂ > drā-, and another suffix, either *-no-/*-nā-, or (according to Pokorny) *-p-an, with the p later reducing to zero (but still conserved in the Lithuanian and Sanskrit cognates). The semantic evolution was probably: “to skin” > “skin, fur” > “fabric”. Cognates include Lithuanian drãpana (“clothes, costume”) (dialectal also “handkerchief”, “piece of cloth”), Sanskrit द्रापिः (drāpíḥ, “coat, attire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [drāːna]

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Noun

drāna f (4th declension)

1. fabric (cloth, material made of fibers)

   vilnas, zīda, linu drāna ― wool, slik, linen cloth

   aizkaru drāna ― curtain cloth

   rūtota drāna ― checked fabric

2. piece of cloth, handkerchief

   kabatas drāna ― pocket handkerchief

3. (only plural) clothes, garments

   ģērbties gaišās drānās ― to dress in bright clothes

Declension

Declension of drāna (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	drāna	drānas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	drānu	drānas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	drānas	drānu
dative (datīvs)	drānai	drānām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	drānu	drānām
locative (lokatīvs)	drānā	drānās
vocative (vokatīvs)	drāna	drānas

Synonyms

• (fabric): audums
• (clothes): drēbe

Derived terms

• spilvendrāna