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Mandarin
Romanization
rùn (run4, Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄣˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潤／润
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膶／𬂀
- 閏, 閠, 闰: intercalary; extra, surplus
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rún.
Pronunciation
Noun
rùn m (genitive singular rùin, plural rùintean or rùntan or rùinte)
- secret, mystery, secrecy
- inclination, bent, disposition
- regard, love, fondness, desire, affection
- object beloved
- person beloved
- Mo rùn geal, dìleas ― My faithful, fair one (title of a song)
- intention, purpose, design, determination
- wish
- accord
Synonyms
Derived terms
- comh-rùn m (“conspiracy, joint design”)
- droch-rùn m (“malice, ill-will”)
- mì-rùn m (“malice, ill-will, spite, malevolence”)
- rùn-aimhleis m (“intrigue”)
- rùn-airm m (“council chamber”)
- rùn-bhocan m (“pretence”)
- rùn-chléireachd f (“business of a secretary”)
- rùn-chléireach m (“secretary; private secretary”)
- rùn-chléirsneachd f (“secretaryship; private secretaryship”)
- rùn-dìomhaireach (“mysterious, mystical; plotting”)
- rùn-dìomhair m (“secret purpose or intention; mystery; secret; private intention”)
- rùn-falaich m (“secret love”)
- rùn-phàirteach (“communicative, ready to communicate, ccommunicable; apt to reveal secrets”)
- rùn-phàirteachadh m (“communicating; act of communicating secrets; consulting; act of consulting together; partaking of a secret”)
- rùn-phairtheach m (“partaker of a secret or mystery”)
- rùn-phàirtich (“communicate or disclose secrets; deliberate, consult together; partake of a secret”, verb)
- rùn-phàirtichte (“communicated, disclosed; communicable”)
- rùn-ràite f (“resolution, solemn vow”)
- rùn-sheòmar m (“council chamber”)
- rùnach (“runic; secretarial”)
- rùnaire m (“secretary”)
- sluagh-rùn m (“policy”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “rùn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
rùn • (𢲝)
- to pull back, to take back