dorn

See also: Dorn and dòrn

English

Etymology

Compare German Dorn (“thorn”).

Noun

dorn (plural dorns)

1. A British ray; the thornback.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Nord, rond

Breton

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dorn

palv

arzorn

biz-meud

biz-yod

(biz-ar-vagerez)

biz-bras

biz-ar-bizoù

(biz-ar-galon, biz-gwalenn)

biz-bihan

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brec'h

brec'h

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
2. fist
3. handle

Mutation

Mutation of dorn

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dorn	dhorn	unchanged	torn	torn	torn

References

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• dorna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠən̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoːɾˠn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠən/; /ˈd̪ˠauɾˠnə/ (corresponding to the form dorna)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔːɾˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

1. fist

Declension

Declension of dorn (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dorn doirne vocative a dhorn a dhoirne genitive doirn dorn dative dorn doirne forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dorn na doirne genitive an doirn na ndorn dative leis an dorn don dorn leis na doirne

Alternative plural forms:

• doirn, dorna, dornaí

Derived terms

• doirnín (“handle”)
• dornáil (“to box, fist; boxing, fisting”)

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.

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• dōorn, dōren

Descendants

• Dutch: doren, doorn
  • Afrikaans: doring
  • Negerhollands: dorn, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdor͈n/

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(ʲ)-/	ndorn

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

References

• “dorn” in Soblex