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torann

torann

Irish

Noun

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

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

Declension

Synonyms

  • fothram

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
torann thorann dtorann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • torann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “torann” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "torann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.