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Aran

Aran

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

English

Proper noun

Aran

  1. A group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
    • 2007, Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir, page 147:
      The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees
  2. The barony which contains these islands.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Aran ‎(uncountable)

  1. The weight, or thickness of yarn.

Anagrams

aran

aran

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

Basque

Noun

aran

  1. plum (fruit)

Declension

"aran"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutive aran arana aranak
ergative aranek aranak aranek
dative arani aranari aranei
genitive aranen aranaren aranen
comitative aranekin aranarekin aranekin
causative aranentzat aranarentzat aranentzat
benefactive aranengatik aranarengatik aranengatik
instrumental aranez aranaz aranez
inessive aranetan aranan aranetan
locative aranetako araneko aranetako
allative aranetara aranera aranetara
terminative aranetaraino araneraino aranetaraino
directive aranetarantz aranerantz aranetarantz
destinative aranetarako aranerako aranetarako
ablative aranetatik aranetik aranetatik
partitive aranik
-
-
prolative arantzat
-
-

Derived terms

Crimean Tatar

Noun

aran

  1. stable

Declension

Declension of aran
nominative aran
genitive arannıñ
dative aranğa
accusative arannı
locative aranda
ablative arandan

Synonyms

Finnish

Adjective

aran

  1. Genitive singular form of arka.

Etymology 2

Noun

aran

  1. Genitive singular form of ara.

Javanese

Noun

aran

  1. name

Nauruan

Noun

aran

  1. day

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish arán.

Pronunciation

Noun

aran m ‎(genitive singular arain)

  1. bread, loaf
    aran làthail‎ ― daily bread
  2. livelihood, sustenance
    a tha cumail t'arain riut‎ ― who gives you your livelihood
    Cha bhi thu gun aran.‎ ― You shall not want a livelihood.

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

Spanish

Verb

aran

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of arar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of arar.

Etymology

Borrowing from Irish Árainn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈærən/
  • Rhymes: -æɹən
  • Homophones: Arran, Erin, Aaron (in some pronunciations)

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