rann
See also: ränn
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹæn/
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.
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Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranː/
- Rhymes: -anː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.
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 |
Declension
Declension of rann | ||||
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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
From the verb at renna.
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -an
Gothic
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranː/
- Rhymes: -anː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.
Alternative forms
Declension
Irish
Noun
Declension
Declension of rann
Related terms
- rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)
- rannaire2 m (“versifier, rhymer”)
- ranntach (“versicular; fond of rhymes”, adjective)
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
Declension of rann
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
References
- "rann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 rann, rand” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rannā.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
Synonyms
- (part): roinn
Derived terms
- às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from all corners of the earth, from all four corners of the world”, literally “from the four red parts”)
- rann-phàirt f (“participle”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “1 rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 rann, rand” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Swedish
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