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arán

arán

See also: aran, Aran, -aran, äran, āran, åran, and aràn

Irish

Noun

arán m (genitive singular aráin)

  1. bread

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arán n-arán harán t-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "arán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • arán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ar(-akno)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaraːn/

Noun

arán m

  1. bread

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
arán unchanged n-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • arán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.