dòrnan

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish dornán. By surface analysis, dòrn (“fist”) +‎ -an. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t̪ɔːɾnan/ === Noun === dòrnan m (genitive singular dòrnain, plural dòrnanan) diminutive of dòrn small fist small handful part of an oar grasped in the hand in rowing handful of lint mitten handful of corn cut with one stroke of the reaping-hook sheaf of barley (Lewis) small rope with eyelets in each end which goes round the head-post in a byre and to which the neck-rope of a cow is tied, the end being reeved through the eyelets small bundle the part of a tether between the swivel and the animal ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References ===