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 Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Verb

dragan

  1. to carry
  2. to wear (clothes)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • dragan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draganą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (draw, pull, drag).

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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