dreathan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dreän (“wren”).

Noun

dreathan m (genitive singular dreathain, plural dreathain)

wren

Derived terms

dreathan a' chinn bhuidhe m (“goldcrest”)
dreathan donn m

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“dreän” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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