dragan

See also: drágán and Dragan

Gothic

Romanization

dragan

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽

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 δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

Noun

dragan m (genitive singular dragain, nominative plural dragain)

1. dragon
   1. (figurative) warrior
   2. dragon lizard (member of Agamidae)
2. tarragon

Declension

Declension of dragan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dragan dragain vocative a dhragain a dhragana genitive dragain dragan dative dragan dragain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dragan na dragain genitive an dragain na ndragan dative leis an dragan don dragan leis na dragain

Alternative forms

• dragán, draig

Derived terms

• dragan Chomódó (“Komodo dragon”)

Etymology 2

Noun

dragan

1. genitive singular of draig

Mutation

Mutated forms of dragan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dragan	dhragan	ndragan

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dragan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dragán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dragan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dragan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dragan	ghragan	nragan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Verb

dragan

1. to carry
2. to wear (clothes)

Inflection

Conjugation of dragan (strong class 6)

infinitive	dragan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	drago, dragon	druoh
2nd person singular	dregis, dregist	druogi, druogis
3rd person singular	dregit	druoh
1st person plural	dragon	druogun
2nd person plural	draget	druogut
3rd person plural	dragont	druogun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	drage	druogi
2nd person singular	drages, dragest	druogi, druogis
3rd person singular	drage	druogi
1st person plural	dragen	druogin
2nd person plural	draget	druogit
3rd person plural	dragen	druogin
imperative	present
singular	drah
plural	draget
participle	present	past
	dragandi	dragan, gidragan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: drāgen
  • Dutch: dragen
  • Limburgish: drage
  • Zealandic: draege

Further reading

• “dragan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑ.ɡɑn/, [ˈdrɑ.ɣɑn]

Verb

dragan

1. to draw, drag

Conjugation

Conjugation of dragan (strong class 6)

infinitive	dragan	dragenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	drage	drōg, drōh
second person singular	dræġst	drōge
third person singular	dræġþ	drōg, drōh
plural	dragaþ	drōgon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	drage	drōge
plural	dragen	drōgen
imperative
singular	drag, drah
plural	dragaþ
participle	present	past
	dragende	(ġe)dræġen, (ġe)dragen

Derived terms

• bedragan
• ūtdragan
• fordragan

Descendants

• Middle English: dragen, draȝen, drawen, drauen, drayen
  • English: draw
  • Scots: draw

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Verb

dragan

1. to go, to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of dragan (strong class 6)

infinitive	dragan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	dragu	drōh, drōg
2nd person singular	dregis	drōgi
3rd person singular	dregid	drōh, drōg
plural	dragad	drōgun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	drage	drōgi
2nd person singular	drages	drōgis
3rd person singular	drage	drōgi
plural	dragen	drōgin
imperative	present
singular	drag
plural	dragad
participle	present	past
	dragandi	gidragan, dragan

Descendants

• Low German: dregen

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drǎɡan/
• Hyphenation: dra‧gan

Noun

dràgan m (Cyrillic spelling дра̀ган)

1. (of a guy) sweetheart

Declension

Declension of dragan

	singular	plural
nominative	dragan	dragani
genitive	dragana	dragana
dative	draganu	draganima
accusative	dragana	dragane
vocative	dragane	dragani
locative	draganu	draganima
instrumental	draganom	draganima

Spanish

Verb

dragan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dragar