dorn
English
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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/
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn).
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/
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
Etymology
From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.