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airne.

sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲə//ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲə/

  1. sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)

    feminine · masculine

  2. gland

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish áirne, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógr̥ (“berry”). Compare Proto-Germanic *akraną (“acorn”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ (“berry”), and the Iberian loanwords of Catalan aranyó (“sloe”), Spanish arañón (“sloe”), Occitan agreno, Basque aran (“plum”), basokaran (“sloe”), etc.

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