rann

See also: Rann and ränn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæn/
  • Rhymes: -æn
  • Homophone: ran

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

  • IPA(key): /ɹanː/
  • Rhymes: -anː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)

  1. (poetic) house, home
Declension
Declension of rann (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
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 (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Homophone: ran

Verb

rann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of rinnen

Gothic

Romanization

rann

  1. romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ranː/
    Rhymes: -anː

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 (neuter)
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).[2]

    Noun

    rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)

    1. (poetry) quatrain
    2. (poetry) stanza, verse
    Declension
    Declension of rann (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative rann rainn
    vocative a rainn a ranna
    genitive rainn rann
    dative rann rainn
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an rann na rainn
    genitive an rainn na rann
    dative leis an rann
    don rann
    leis na rainn

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish rann (part (of a whole); party, side, adherent).[3]

      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
      singular plural
      nominative rann rannta
      vocative a rainn a rannta
      genitive rainn rannta
      dative rann rannta
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an rann na rannta
      genitive an rainn na rannta
      dative leis an rann
      don rann
      leis na rannta

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

      rann

      1. genitive plural of roinn

      References

      1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 228
      2. ^ 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
      3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “rann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 877; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Verb

      rann

      1. past of renna

      Old English

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rɑnn/, [rɑn]

      Verb

      rann

      1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of rinnan

      Old Irish

      Etymology

      From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈran̪/

      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

      Quotations

      • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c13
        Is rán din deacht ad·gén-sa ꝉ is ran⟨n⟩ indiumsa ad·géuin in deacht .i. anima tantum adid·géuin
        It is a part of the godhead that I know or it is a part in me that knows the godhead, i.e. the soul as such knows it

      Derived terms

      Descendants

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

      Mutation

      Mutation of rann
      radical lenition nasalization
      rann
      also rrann in h-prothesis environments
      rann
      pronounced with /ɾ-/
      rann
      also rrann

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Further reading

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old Irish rann.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rˠaun̪ˠ/

      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