"draen" meaning in Welsh

See draen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /draːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /drai̯n/ [South-Wales] Forms: dreiniau [plural], traen [alternative]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Etymology: Borrowed from English drain. Etymology templates: {{bor+|cy|en|drain}} Borrowed from English drain Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|dreiniau}} draen f (plural dreiniau)
  1. drain Tags: feminine Synonyms: carthffos, ceuffos Related terms: draenio, dreinio (english: to drain), draeniad (english: drainage)
    Sense id: en-draen-cy-noun-UQNFR478
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /draːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /drai̯n/ [South-Wales] Forms: draenen [feminine, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], draen [error-unrecognized-form], ddraen [soft], nraen [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, from Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”) (compare Old Irish draigen, modern Irish draighean), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*draɣen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, {{inh+|cy|cel-bry-pro|*draɣen}} Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *draɣen, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*dragenā||sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa}} Proto-Celtic *dragenā (“sloetree, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa”), {{cog|sga|draigen}} Old Irish draigen, {{cog|ga|draighean}} Irish draighean, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*dʰergʰ-|t=blackbush, sloe tree}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰergʰ- (“blackbush, sloe tree”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|f-p|draenen}} draen (plural, singular draenen f) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. alternative form of drain (“thorn, prickle”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, plural Alternative form of: drain (extra: thorn, prickle) Derived forms: draenog, dreiniog, ar y draen, ar ddraen (english: on tenterhooks)
    Sense id: en-draen-cy-noun-Cia854Uj Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Plants Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Plants: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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