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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Irish rann .
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā . Compare Welsh rhan ; Breton rann ; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann , roinn , Scottish Gaelic rann , roinn ).
Noun
rann m (plural rannow )
part , section
portion , share
Pronoun
rann
some
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rann , from Proto-Germanic *razną .
Noun
rann n (genitive singular rans , plural rann )
( poetic ) house , home
Declension
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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
rann f (genitive singular rannar , plural rannir )
( geology ) a layer in a coal mine
Declension
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rann
first / third-person singular past of renna
German
Pronunciation
Verb
rann
first / third-person singular preterite of rinnen
Gothic
Romanization
rann
Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rann , from Proto-Germanic *razną .
Noun
rann n (genitive singular ranns , nominative plural rönn )
( poetic ) house , home
Declension
Declension of rann (neuter )
Etymology 2
Verb
rann ( strong )
first / third-person singular past indicative of renna
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish rann , rand ( “ quatrain ” ) .
Noun
rann m (genitive singular rainn , nominative plural rainn )
( poetry ) quatrain
( poetry ) stanza , verse
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Irish rann ( “ part (of a whole); party, side, adherent ” ) .
Noun
rann m (genitive singular rainn , nominative plural rannta )
( literary ) party , side ( in a dispute )
( literary , in the plural ) adherents , partisans , confederates
( mathematics ) partition
Declension
rannach1 ( “ apportioning, sharing; open-handed ” , adjective )
rannaire1 m ( “ food-distributor, carver ” )
rannán m ( “ (military) division ” )
rannóg f ( “ section ” )
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
rann
genitive plural of roinn
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “rann ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 rann ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 rann, rand ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
rann
past of renna
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
rann
first / third-person singular preterite indicative of rinnan
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā .
Pronunciation
Noun
rann f (genitive rainne , nominative plural ranna )
part ( of a whole )
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
rann L
rainn L
ranna H
Vocative
rann L
rainn L
ranna H
Accusative
rainn N
rainn L
ranna H
Genitive
rainne H
rann L
rann N
Dative
rainn L
rannaib
rannaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspiration
L = triggers lenition
N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
rann also rrann after a proclitic ending in a vowel
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
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rann .
Pronunciation
Noun
rann m (genitive singular rainn , plural rannan )
part , section , portion
( poetry ) verse , stanza , rhyme
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Edward Dwelly (1911 ) “rann”, 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 rann ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 rann, rand ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Verb
rann
past indicative of rinna