torann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish torann (“thunder”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

torann m or f (genitive singular torainn, nominative plural torainn)

  1. noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)
  2. (literary) thunder; (tumult of) battle

Declension

Declension of torann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative torann torainn
vocative a thorainn a thoranna
genitive torainn torann
dative torann torainn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an torann na torainn
genitive an torainn na dtorann
dative leis an torann
don torann 		leis na torainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • torannach, toranda (“noisy”)
  • torannáil (“act of making noise, rumbling”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of torann
radical lenition eclipsis
torann thorann dtorann

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), “torann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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