dorn
English
Etymology
Noun
dorn (plural dorns)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dorn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Breton
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Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁn/
Noun
dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn).
Noun
dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)
Mutation
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| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
| dorn | dhorn | unchanged | torn | torn | torn |
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːɾˠn̪ˠ/
Noun
dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)
Declension
Irregular
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dornáil (“to box, fist; boxing, fisting”)
Mutation
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| dorn | dhorn | ndorn |
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Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz.
Noun
dorn m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.