See also: Rann and ränn

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

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Noun

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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.

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Welsh rhan; Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn).

Noun

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rann m (plural rannow)

  1. part, section
  2. portion, share

Pronoun

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rann

  1. some

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)

  1. (poetic) house, home
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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

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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rann f (genitive singular rannar, plural rannir)

  1. (geology) a layer in a coal mine
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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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rann

  1. first/third-person singular past of renna

German

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Verb

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rann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of rinnen

Gothic

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Romanization

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rann

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Noun

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rann n (genitive singular ranns, nominative plural rönn)

  1. (poetic) house, home
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    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

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Verb

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rann (strong)

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of renna

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish rann, rand (quatrain).

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rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)

  1. (poetry) quatrain
  2. (poetry) stanza, verse
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  • rannaíocht f (versification; form of verse)
  • rannaire2 m (versifier, rhymer)
  • ranntach (versicular; fond of rhymes, adjective)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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
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  • rannach1 (apportioning, sharing; open-handed, adjective)
  • rannaire1 m (food-distributor, carver)
  • rannán m ((military) division)
  • rannóg f (section)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rann

  1. genitive plural of roinn

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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rann

  1. past of renna

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā.

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Noun

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rann f (genitive rainne, nominative plural ranna)

  1. part (of a whole)

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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

Mutation

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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.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish rann.

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Noun

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rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

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

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Swedish

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Verb

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rann

  1. past indicative of rinna