rann

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See also: Rann and ränn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

Pronunciation

Noun

rann (plural ranns)

  1. 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)

  1. part, section
  2. portion, share

Pronoun

rann

  1. some

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Noun

rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)

  1. (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)

  1. (geology) a layer in a coal mine
Declension
Declension of rann
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rann

  1. first/third-person singular past of renna

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁan/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Verb

rann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of rinnen

Gothic

Romanization

rann

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Alternative forms

Noun

rann n (genitive singular ranns, nominative plural rönn)

  1. (poetic) house, home
Declension
declension of rann
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rann rannið rönn rönnin
accusative rann rannið rönn rönnin
dative ranni ranninu rönnum rönnunum
genitive ranns rannsins ranna rannanna

Etymology 2

Verb

rann (strong)

  1. 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)

  1. (poetry) quatrain
  2. (poetry) stanza, verse
Declension
Declension of rann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rann rainn
Vocative a rainn a ranna
Genitive rainn rann
Dative rann rainn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rann na rainn
Genitive an rainn na rann
Dative leis an rann

don rann

leis na rainn

Related terms
  • rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)
  • rannaire2 m (“versifier, rhymer”)
  • ranntach (“versicular; fond of rhymes”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rann (“part (of a whole); party, side, adherent”).

Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rannta)

  1. (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
  2. (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
  3. (mathematics) partition
Declension
Declension of rann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rann rannta
Vocative a rainn a rannta
Genitive rainn rannta
Dative rann rannta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rann na rannta
Genitive an rainn na rannta
Dative leis an rann

don rann

leis na rannta

Related terms
  • 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

  1. genitive plural of roinn

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rann

  1. past of renna

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā.

Pronunciation

Noun

rann f (genitive rainne, nominative plural ranna)

  1. part (of a whole)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: rann
  • Manx: rheynn
  • Scottish Gaelic: rann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

Pronunciation

Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

  1. part, section, portion
  2. (poetry) verse, stanza, rhyme

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

rann

  1. past indicative of rinna
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