òran

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oran"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of Old Irish amar (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)

  1. song
  2. poem

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of òran
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
òran n-òran h-òran t-òran

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎[1], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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