darn

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /dɑɹn/ (New England) IPA(key): /daːn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɑːn/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n === Etymology 1 === A minced oath of damn. ==== Adjective ==== darn (not comparable) (euphemistic) Damn. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:damned ===== Derived terms ===== darn tootin' ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== darn (not comparable) (degree, euphemistic) Damned. ==== Interjection ==== darn (euphemistic) Damn. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:dammit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned) (transitive, euphemistic) Damn. ===== Synonyms ===== dang damn ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== darn (plural darns) (euphemistic) Damn. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective). ==== Verb ==== darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned) (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric. ===== Usage notes ===== Predominantly used to describe repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence, references to stockings being more historically prominent, references to socks being more recently prominent. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== darning egg darning needle ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== darn (plural darns) A place mended by darning. ===== Further reading ===== Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand, rdna == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *darn, from Proto-Celtic *darnos, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate”). Cognate with Breton and Welsh darn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daɹn/ === Noun === darn m (plural darnow) bit, fragment, piece Synonyms: pis, tamm extract, part ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Masovia): (Far Masovian) IPA(key): [ˈdarn] === Noun === darn m inan (Near Masovian, Garwolin County) alternative form of darń === Further reading === Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “darn”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 190 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh darn, from Proto-Brythonic *darn, from Proto-Celtic *darnos, *darnā, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, separate”). Cognate with Cornish darn, Breton darn, French darne (“piece of fish”) and, more distantly, Polish darń (“sod”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /darn/ Rhymes: -arn === Noun === darn m or f (plural darnau, diminutive dernyn or darnen) a piece, a fragment, a patch Synonym: pisyn a part a coin Synonym: darn arian a passage ==== Derived terms ==== darnio (“tear to pieces”) deuddarn tridarn === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “darn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-1