rann
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rann (plural ranns)
- A stanza of Irish poetry.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Welsh rhan; Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn).
Noun edit
rann m (plural rannow)
Pronoun edit
rann
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.
Noun edit
rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)
Declension edit
n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rann | rannið | rann | rannini |
Accusative | rann | rannið | rann | rannini |
Dative | ranni | ranninum | rannum | rannunum |
Genitive | rans | ransins | ranna | rannanna |
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
rann f (genitive singular rannar, plural rannir)
Declension edit
Declension of rann | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rann | rannin | rannir | rannirnar |
accusative | rann | rannina | rannir | rannirnar |
dative | rann | rannini | rannum | rannunum |
genitive | rannar | rannarinnar | ranna | rannanna |
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
rann
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rann
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
rann
- Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
rann n (genitive singular ranns, nominative plural rönn)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rann (strong)
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish rann, rand (“quatrain”).
Noun edit
rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)
- rannaire2 m (“versifier, rhymer”)
- ranntach (“versicular; fond of rhymes”, adjective)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish rann (“part (of a whole); party, side, adherent”).
Noun edit
rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rannta)
- (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
- (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
- (mathematics) partition
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- rannach1 (“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)
- rannaire1 m (“food-distributor, carver”)
- rannán m (“(military) division”)
- rannóg f (“section”)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
rann
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 rann, rand”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
rann
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rann f (genitive rainne, nominative plural ranna)
- part (of a whole)
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | rannL | rainnL | rannaH |
Vocative | rannL | rainnL | rannaH |
Accusative | rainnN | rainnL | rannaH |
Genitive | rainneH | rannL | rannN |
Dative | rainnL | rannaib | rannaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
rann also rrann after a proclitic |
rann pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)
Synonyms edit
- (part): roinn
Derived terms edit
- às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from all corners of the earth, from all four corners of the world”, literally “from the four red parts”)
- rann-phàirt f (“participle”)
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “rann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 rann, rand”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish edit
Verb edit
rann
- past indicative of rinna