dragh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

from Old Irish draig (“dragon”), from Latin dracō, and/or from Proto-Celtic *drago-; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreǵʰ- (“to be unwilling, vexed”). Compare Old English trega (“grief, vexation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ɾɤɣ/

Noun

dragh m (genitive singular dragha, plural draghan)

  1. annoyance, trouble, bother
  2. worry, anxiety

Derived terms

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dragh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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