roinn

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann (“part”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (“part”)).[6] Akin to roinnt.

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular ranna, nominative plural ranna)

  2. share, portion, lot
  3. allotment
  4. legacy
  5. some
  6. division (portion)
Declension
Declension of roinn (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative roinn ranna
vocative a roinn a ranna
genitive ranna rann
dative roinn ranna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an roinn na ranna
genitive na ranna na rann
dative leis an roinn
don roinn 		leis na ranna
Synonyms
  • (share, amount): cion
  • (share, portion): cuid
Derived terms
  • rannach (“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, nominative plural ranna)

  1. part
    Synonym: leath
  2. division (of government)
  3. continent
  5. department (of government, of a university)
Declension
Declension of roinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative roinn ranna
vocative a roinn a ranna
genitive roinne ranna
dative roinn ranna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an roinn na ranna
genitive na roinne na ranna
dative leis an roinn
don roinn 		leis na ranna
Derived terms
  • rann m (“party, side (in a dispute); adherent, partisan”)
  • roinnt f (“division, share”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rannaid (“to divide”), from rann (“part”).[7]

Verb

roinn (present analytic roinneann, future analytic roinnfidh, verbal noun roinnt, past participle roinnte) (ambitransitive)

  1. (mathematics, biology, etc.) to divide
  2. to separate into parts
  3. to share, apportion
  4. (card games, business, etc.) to deal, distribute
  5. to involve, entail
Conjugation
conjugation of roinn (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun roinnt
past participle roinnthe
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present roinnim roinneann tú;
roinnir† 		roinneann sé, sí roinnimid roinneann sibh roinneann siad;
roinnid† 		a roinneann; a roinneas roinntear
past roinn mé; roinneas roinn tú; roinnis roinn sé, sí roinneamar; roinn muid roinn sibh; roinneabhair roinn siad; roinneadar a roinn /
ar roinn* 		roinneadh
past habitual roinninn roinnteá roinneadh sé, sí roinnimis; roinneadh muid roinneadh sibh roinnidís; roinneadh siad a roinneadh /
a roinneadh* 		roinntí
future roinnfidh mé;
roinnfead 		roinnfidh tú;
roinnfir† 		roinnfidh sé, sí roinnfimid;
roinnfidh muid 		roinnfidh sibh roinnfidh siad;
roinnfid† 		a roinnfidh; a roinnfeas roinnfear
conditional roinnfinn roinnfeá roinnfeadh sé, sí roinnfimis; roinnfeadh muid roinnfeadh sibh roinnfidís; roinnfeadh siad a roinnfeadh /
a roinnfeadh* 		roinnfí
subjunctive
present go roinne mé;
go roinnead† 		go roinne tú;
go roinnir† 		go roinne sé, sí go roinnimid;
go roinne muid 		go roinne sibh go roinne siad;
go roinnid† 		— go roinntear
past dá roinninn dá roinnteá dá roinneadh sé, sí dá roinnimis;
dá roinneadh muid 		dá roinneadh sibh dá roinnidís;
dá roinneadh siad 		— dá roinntí
imperative
– roinnim roinn roinneadh sé, sí roinnimis roinnigí;
roinnidh† 		roinnidís — roinntear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

References
  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 95, page 27; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 250, page 48
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 215
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 171, page 40
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
  6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  7. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rannaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 577
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “roinnim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 912; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠɤiɲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish roinded (“parts, separates; distributes, apportions”), from Old Irish rann (“part”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (“part”)).

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, plural roinnean)

  1. group, sect, section, class
  2. category, allotment
  3. municipality
  4. distribution, division, lot (portion)
  5. province, region
  6. share
  7. some
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bile roinn an iomhais (“treasury bill”)
  • co-roinn (“proportion, share”)
  • dàrna roinn (“second division”)
  • fo-roinn (“subdivision”)
  • mór-roinn (“province”)
  • nòta roinn an iomhais (“treasury note”)
  • prìomh-roinn (“key sector; premier division”)
  • roinn a' cheartais (“justice department”)
  • roinn an ionmhais (“treasury; finance department”)
  • roinn fhada (“long division”)
  • roinn phoblach (“public sector”)
  • roinn phrìobhaideach (“private sector”)
  • roinn riaghaltais (“government department”)
  • roinn slàinte (“health department”)
  • roinn tìde (“timezone”)
  • roinn-cheartais (“judicature, judiciary”)
  • roinn-dùthcha (“region, area”)
  • Roinn-Eòrpa (“Europe”)
  • roinn-fheachd (“division”)
  • roinn-phàrlamaid (“constituency”)
  • roinn-ruithe (“run-rig”)
  • roinn-seòrsa (“category”)
  • roinn-sheilbhiche (“shareholder”)
  • roinn-taghaidh (“constituency; electoral division”)
  • roinn-tarsainn (“cross-section”)

Verb

roinn (past roinn, future roinnidh, verbal noun roinn, past participle roinnte)

  1. divide, partition; impart, distribute
  2. (card games) deal
Derived terms
  • co-roinn (“share”)
  • so-roinn (“divisible”)

Etymology 2

Noun

roinn m

  1. genitive singular of ronn

Further reading

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