dorn

dorn

See also: Dorn and dòrn

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton durn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔrn/

Noun

dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)

  1. hand

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)

  1. hand
    Synonym: leuv
  2. fist
  3. handle

Derived terms

  • dhe dhorn (“near at hand”)
  • dherag dorn (“beforehand”)
  • dorna (“punch”, verb)
  • dornas (“handful”)
  • dornbel (“handball”)
  • dornel (“manual”)
  • dornell (“whisk”)
  • dornella (“whisk”, verb)
  • dornla (“door handle”)
  • dornlyver (“handbook”)
  • dornskrif (“manuscript”)
  • dornskrifa (“write by hand”, verb)
  • dornskrifans (“handwriting”)
  • dornweyth (“handycraft”)
  • dornwrys (“artificial”)
  • fardellow dorn (“hand luggage”)
  • lien dorn (“handkerchief”)
  • mell dorn (“knuckle”)

Mutation

Mutation of dorn
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
dorn dhorn unchanged torn torn

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

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn), probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

  1. fist (a hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward)

Declension

Declension of dorn (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dorn doirne
vocative a dhorn a dhoirne
genitive doirn dorn
dative dorn doirne
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dorn na doirne
genitive an doirn na ndorn
dative leis an dorn
don dorn 		leis na doirne

Alternative plural forms:

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorn
radical lenition eclipsis
dorn dhorn ndorn

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “dorn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dorn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu̯ɛn (“son, boy”). Cognate with White Hmong tub.

Noun

dorn

  1. boy

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn.

Noun

dorn m

  1. thorn
  2. thornbush

Inflection

Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative dorn dorne
accusative dorn dorne
genitive dorns dorne
dative dorne dornen

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: doren, doorn

Further reading

  • “dorn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dorn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos, further etymology unknown; possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Welsh dwrn.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪orn̪/

Noun

dorn m (genitive duirn)

  1. hand, fist
  2. handle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative dorn dornL duirnL
vocative duirn dornL durnuH
accusative dornN dornL durnuH
genitive duirnL dorn dornN
dative durnL dornaib dornaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dorn
    • Irish: dorn
    • Scottish Gaelic: dòrn
    • Manx: doarn

Mutation

Mutation of dorn
radical lenition nasalization
dorn dorn
pronounced with /ð-/		 ndorn

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*durno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 109

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dь̀rnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʀn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʀn
  • Hyphenation: dorn
  • Syllabification: dorn

Noun

dorn m inan

  1. piece of turf

Declension

Declension of dorn (masculine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative dorn dornaj dorny
genitive dorna dornow dornow
dative dornej dornomaj dornam
accusative dorn dornaj dorny
instrumental dornom dornomaj dornami
locative dornje dornomaj dornach
vocative dorno, dornje dornaj dorny

Further reading

  • “dorn”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
  • “dorn” in Soblex
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