Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

draein f (genitive singular draenach, nominative plural draenacha)

  1. drain (conduit for liquids)

Declension edit

Noun edit

draein

  1. vocative/genitive singular of draen

Mutation edit

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 edit

  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