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See also: darń

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Etymology 1

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A minced oath of damn.

Adjective

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darn (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
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Adverb

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darn (not comparable)

  1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.
    • 1948, Cole Porter (lyrics and music), “Too Darn Hot”:
      But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot
    • 2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, in AV Club[1]:
      Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being pretty darn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb.

Interjection

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darn

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
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Verb

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darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  1. (transitive, euphemistic) damn.
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Noun

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darn (plural darns)

  1. (euphemistic) damn.
    His opinion isn't worth a darn.

Etymology 2

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Darning

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

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darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  1. (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.
    I need to darn these socks again.
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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.

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Noun

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darn (plural darns)

  1. A place mended by darning.
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Welsh

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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darn m or f (plural darnau)

  1. a piece, a fragment, a patch
    Synonym: pisyn
    Wyt ti eisiau darn arall o gacen?
    Do you want another piece of cake?
    Rwy wedi prynu darn o dir coedig.
    I've bought a patch of wooded land.
  2. a part
    Mae eisiau darn newydd i'r car.
    The car needs a new part.
  3. a coin
    Synonym: darn arian
    Oes gen ti ddarn punt?
    Have you got a pound coin?
  4. a passage
    Darllenwch y darn cyn ateb y cwestiynau.
    Read the passage before answering the questions.

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
darn ddarn narn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • 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