arna

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈar.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.na/

(beehive): arna

Probably from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.

arna f (plural arnes)

1. beehive

   Synonyms: buc, casera, rusc

2. Synonym of arnot

• (beehive): apiari

• arnot

Unknown origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (“worm, insect”).

arna f (plural arnes)

1. moth

• eruga (“caterpillar”)
• papallona (“butterfly”)

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (“scabies”) as s’ + arna.

arna f (plural arnes)

1. (Mallorca) dandruff

   Synonym: caspa

• “arna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arna” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “arna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Unknown; probably from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia and possibly a cognate with Catalan arna (“beehive”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾna̝/

arna f (plural arnas)

1. bark (the exterior covering of the trunk of a tree, notably when thick and old)

   Synonyms: arneca, casca, cortiza

2. a round, large section of bark

• “arna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “arna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arna” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

arna

1. indefinite genitive plural of örn

From ar (“on, upon”) + a (“his, her, their”).

arna

1. Only used in arna mhárach

arna

1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object

   ‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition):

   arna shailleadh ― upon its being salted, when it had been salted

   ‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis):

   arna hinsint ― upon its being told, when it had been told

   ‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis):

   arna ndearbhú i gcruatan ― upon their being tested in hardship, when they were tested in hardship

2. used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject

   masculine singular agreement triggers lenition:

   arna chur in eagar ag ― edited by

   (of something masculine)

   feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis:

   arna hoscailt ― (being) opened

   (of something feminine)

   plural agreement triggers eclipsis:

   arna bhfoilsiú ag ― published by

   (of something plural)

• arnár

• "arna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “arna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “arna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• arda, arla (Gascon)

• IPA^(key): /ˈarno/

arna f (plural arnas)

1. moth

• IPA^(key): /ˈarna/

arna

1. first-person singular of ar