arán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aran"

Hungarian

Etymology

ara (“bride”, literary) +‎ -n (case suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒraːn]
  • Hyphenation: arán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

arán

  1. superessive singular of ara

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish arán,[1] from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os (literally “born of the plough”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [əˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːnˠ/[4], /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/[5]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠanˠ/[6]

Noun

arán m (genitive singular aráin)

  1. bread
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99:
      tȧńīn̄ n̥ t-rān šə lm̥ gə rī wōr.
      [Taitníonn an t-arán seo liom go rí-mhór.]
      I like this bread very much.

Declension

Declension of arán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative arán
vocative a aráin
genitive aráin
dative arán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-arán
genitive an aráin
dative leis an arán
don arán

Derived terms

  • anlann aráin roiste m (“bread-sauce”)
  • arán baile m (“home-baked bread”)
  • arán bán m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
  • arán buí m (“cornbread”)
  • arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
  • arán cuiríní m (“currant-bread”)
  • arán donn m (“brown bread”)
  • arán geal m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
  • arán glas m (“wall pennywort”)
  • arán mine cruithneachta m (“mixed bread”)
  • arán plúir m (“home-made bread”)
  • arán prátaí m (“potato cake”)
  • arán rísíní m (“raisin-bread”)
  • arán rua m (“brown bread”)
  • arán sinséir m (“gingerbread”)
  • arán stálaithe m (“old bread”)
  • arán úr m (“new bread”)
  • bruscar aráin m (“bread-crumb”)
  • cipín aráin m (“breadstick”)
  • ciseán aráin m (“bread-basket”)
  • clár aráin m (“bread-board”)
  • cófra aráin m (“bread-bin”)
  • grabhróg aráin f (“bread-crumb”)
  • múscán aráin m (“bread mold”)
  • scian aráin f (“bread-knife”)
  • toradh aráin m (“bread-fruit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arán n-arán harán t-arán

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1995) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Études Celtiques, volume 31, →DOI, pages 89–90
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 110, page 59
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 251, page 48
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 244, page 88

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Derived by Eric Hamp from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) +‎ *ǵenh₁- (“born”), literally “born of the plough”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaraːn/

Noun

arán m

  1. (rare) bread
    Synonym: bairgen
  2. loaf of bread

Usage notes

The term is most abundantly found in a memoir about monastery life at Tallaght, and appears generally nowhere else. Elsewhere, bairgen serves as the general term for bread.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative arán aránL aráinL
vocative aráin aránL aránuH
accusative aránN aránL aránuH
genitive aráinL arán aránN
dative aránL aránaib aránaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: arán

Mutation

Mutation of arán
radical lenition nasalization
arán
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 arán n-arán

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

References

  1. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1995) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Etudes Celtiques, volume 31, number 1, PERSEE Program, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 89–90

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque aran (“plum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾan/ [aˈɾãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧rán

Noun

arán m (plural aranes)

  1. (regional, Biscay, Álava) blackthorn
    Synonyms: arañón, endrino

Further reading

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