dreolán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dreóllán.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲoːlˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɔːlˠanˠ/[2]

Noun

dreolán m (genitive singular dreoláin, nominative plural dreoláin)

  1. wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
    Synonym: dreoilín
  2. silly person

Declension

Declension of dreolán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dreolán dreoláin
vocative a dhreoláin a dhreolána
genitive dreoláin dreolán
dative dreolán dreoláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dreolán na dreoláin
genitive an dreoláin na ndreolán
dative leis an dreolán
don dreolán 		leis na dreoláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreolán
radical lenition eclipsis
dreolán dhreolán ndreolán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreol(l)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 195, page 74

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