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Webster 1913 Edition


Dearn

Dearn

,
Adj.
[AS.
derne
,
dyrne
,
dierne
, hidden, secret. Cf.
Derne
.]
Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Dearn′ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Dearn

,
Verb.
T.
Same as
Darn
.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Dearn

DEARN

,
Adj.
Lonely; solitary; melancholy.
DE'ARNESS, n.

Definition 2024


dearn

dearn

English

Noun

dearn (plural dearns)

  1. Alternative form of dern

Adjective

dearn (comparative more dearn, superlative most dearn)

  1. Alternative form of dern

Verb

dearn (third-person singular simple present dearns, present participle dearning, simple past and past participle dearned)

  1. Alternative form of dern

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈdʲæːɾˠn̪ˠ]

Verb

dearn

  1. (Ulster) Alternative form of dearna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dearn dhearn ndearn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.