rán

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Arigidi

Pronoun

rán

  1. you, second person singular pronoun, as subject

References

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

rán n

  1. genitive plural of ráno

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rán (“robbery, theft”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rán n (genitive singular ráns, nominative plural rán)

  1. robbery

Declension

declension of rán
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rán ránið rán ránin
accusative rán ránið rán ránin
dative ráni ráninu ránum ránunum
genitive ráns ránsins rána ránanna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Verb

rán (singular)

  1. (transitive) to write

Mandarin

Romanization

rán (ran2, Zhuyin ㄖㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呤
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘫
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 然
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燃
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繎／𬙇
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肰
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚒
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚦, 蚺
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛅
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衻
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袇
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袡
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髯, 髥
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𪚮, 䶲／𫜳

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rahną.

Noun

rán n (genitive ráns, plural rǫ́n)

  1. robbery, theft
  2. plundering, booty

Declension

  Declension of rán (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rán ránit rǫ́n rǫ́nin
accusative rán ránit rǫ́n rǫ́nin
dative ráni ráninu rǫ́num rǫ́nunum
genitive ráns ránsins rána ránanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rán
  • Norwegian: ran
  • Old Swedish: rān
  • Danish: ran

References

  1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Ræna”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 559
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rahna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-raːnʔ.

Pronunciation

Verb

rán • (炟)

  1. (chiefly Northern Vietnam) to fry
    Synonym: chiên

Usage notes

  • Although rán and chiên are two dialectal varieties and usually interchangeable, there are some fixed expressions such as gà rán, cơm chiên, xôi chiên.

See also

Derived terms
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