dragh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mor-draige, 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

• cuir dragh air
• draghail
• gabh dragh de

References

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