dragan

See also: drágán and Dragan

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠaɡənˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δρακεῖν (drakeîn), aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

Noun

dragan m (genitive singular dragain, nominative plural dragain)

  1. dragon
    1. (figuratively) warrior
    2. dragon lizard (member of Agamidae)
  2. tarragon
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • dragan Chomódó (“Komodo dragon”)

Etymology 2

Noun

dragan

  1. genitive singular of draig

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dragan dhragan ndragan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "dragan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “dragán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “dragan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “dragan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dragán, an English or Romance loanword, ultimately from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”).

Noun

dragan m (genitive singular dragan, plural draganyn)

  1. dragon
    Synonym: dragane

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
draganghragannragan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draganą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“draw, pull, drag”). Compare Old Frisian draga, Old Saxon dragan, Old Dutch dragan, Old High German tragan, Old Norse draga, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dragan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑɡɑn/, [ˈdrɑɣɑn]

Verb

dragan

  1. to draw, drag

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Verb

dragan

  1. to go, to travel

Conjugation

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drǎɡan/
  • Hyphenation: dra‧gan

Noun

dràgan m (Cyrillic spelling дра̀ган)

  1. (of a guy) sweetheart

Declension

Spanish

Verb

dragan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of dragar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of dragar.
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