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Hungarian
Etymology
ara ( “ bride ” , literary ) + -n ( case suffix )
Pronunciation
Noun
arán
superessive singular of ara
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish arán , from Proto-Celtic *aragnos , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- ǵnh₁-os ( literally “ born of the plough ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
arán m (genitive singular aráin )
bread
1899 , Franz Nikolaus Finck , Die araner mundart , volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99 :tȧńīn̄ n̥ t-rān šə lm̥ gə rī wōr. [Taitníonn an t-arán seo liom go rí-mhór.] I like this bread very much.
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Eclipsis
with h -prothesis
with t -prothesis
arán
n-arán
harán
t-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019 ), “arán ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Hamp, Eric P. (1995 ) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Études Celtiques , volume 31 , →DOI , pages 89–90
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, page 88
Further reading
Old Irish
Etymology
Derived by Eric Hamp from Proto-Celtic *aragnos , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os , from *h₂erh₃- ( “ to plough ” ) + *ǵenh₁- ( “ born ” ) , literally “ born of the plough ” .
Pronunciation
Noun
arán m
( rare ) bread
Synonym: bairgen
loaf of bread
Usage notes
The term is most abundantly found in a memoir about monastery life at Tallaght, and appears generally nowhere else. Elsewhere, bairgen serves as the general term for bread.
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
arán
arán L
aráin L
Vocative
aráin
arán L
aránu H
Accusative
arán N
arán L
aránu H
Genitive
aráin L
arán
arán N
Dative
arán L
aránaib
aránaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspiration
L = triggers lenition
N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
arán
unchanged
n-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
^ Hamp, Eric P. (1995 ) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Etudes Celtiques , volume 31 , number 1, PERSEE Program, →DOI , →ISSN , pages 89–90
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque aran ( “ plum ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈɾan/
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: a‧rán
Noun
arán m (plural aranes )
( regional , Biscay, Álava) blackthorn
Synonyms: arañón , endrino
Related terms
Further reading