rón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ron"

Hungarian

Etymology

ró +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroːn]
• Hyphenation: rón

Noun

rón

1. superessive singular of ró

Irish

FWOTD – 8 February 2023

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠoːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠuːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠõːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠõːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rón (“seal”), of unknown origin.

Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin, nominative plural rónta)

1. seal (maritime mammal)

   Synonym: lao mara

   Hyponyms: bainirseach, tarbh róin

   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.

     [original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]

Declension

Declension of rón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rón rónta Vocative a róin a rónta Genitive róin rónta Dative rón rónta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rón na rónta Genitive an róin na rónta Dative leis an rón don rón leis na rónta

Derived terms

• adhbha rón
• athrón
• banrón
• cladach rónta
• cráin róin
• croiméal róin
• dallóg róin
• éan róin
• gillín róin
• mór-rón
• oisín róin
• poll róin
• rón beag
• rón cochallach
• rón eilifintiúil
• rón fionnaidh
• rón glas
• rón Graonlannach
• rón manaigh
• rón mór
• rónach
• Rónán
• smugairle róin
• smutrón

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”) (whence Welsh rhawn), from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”). Compare Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin)

1. horsehair; long hair as from animal's tail

Declension

Declension of rón

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative rón Vocative a róin Genitive róin Dative rón

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an rón Genitive an róin Dative leis an rón don rón

Derived terms

• éadach róin
• léine róin
• ribe róin
• rónadóir
• rónéadach
• rónléine

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Welsh moelrhon (“seal”), which is prefixed with moel (“bald", i.e., "earless”), and Welsh Rhonech, "Steep Holm" (i.e., "place of seals"). Stifter dismisses traditional connections with Welsh rhawn (“coarse animal hair”) as implausible, and supposes that it is instead a Wanderwort from elsewhere. The DIL compares Old English hran (“whale”), but the short vowel of the latter makes it unlikely that the Irish word is borrowed from the English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r͈oːn]

Noun

rón m (genitive róin)

1. seal (maritime mammal)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rón	rónL	róinL
Vocative	róin	rónL	rónuH
Accusative	rónN	rónL	rónuH
Genitive	róinL	rón	rónN
Dative	rónL	rónaib	rónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Rónán

Descendants

• Irish: rón

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
rón also rrón after a proclitic ending in a vowel	rón pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.