rann

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæn/

Noun

rann (plural ranns)

  1. A stanza of Irish poetry.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ranː/
    Rhymes: -anː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Noun

rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)

  1. (poetic) house, home

Declension

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rann rannið rann rannini
Accusative rann rannið rann rannini
Dative ranni ranninum rannum rannunum
Genitive rans ransins ranna rannanna

Etymology 2

Noun

rann f (genitive singular rannar, plural rannir)

  1. (geology) a layer in a coal mine

Declension

Declension of rann
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rann rannin rannir rannirnar
accusative rann rannina rannir rannirnar
dative rann rannini rannum rannunum
genitive rannar rannarinnar ranna rannanna

Etymology 3

From the verb at renna.

Verb

rann

  1. first-person singular past of renna
  2. third-person singular past of renna

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -an

Verb

rann

  1. First-person singular preterite of rinnen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of rinnen.

Gothic

Romanization

rann

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ranː/
    Rhymes: -anː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Alternative forms

Noun

rann n (genitive singular ranns, nominative plural rönn)

  1. (poetic) house, home
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

rann (strong)

  1. first-person singular past indicative of renna
  2. third-person singular past indicative of renna

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann, rand (“quatrain”).

Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)

  1. (poetry) quatrain
  2. (poetry) stanza, verse
Declension
  • rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)
  • rannaire2 m (“versifier, rhymer”)
  • ranntach (“versicular; fond of rhymes”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rann (“part (of a whole); party, side, adherent”).

Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rannta)

  1. (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
  2. (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
  3. (mathematics) partition
Declension
  • rannach1 (“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)
  • rannaire1 m (“food-distributor, carver”)
  • rannán m (“(military) division”)
  • rannóg f (“section”)

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

rann

  1. genitive plural of roinn

References

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rannā.

Noun

rann f

  1. part (of a whole)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

  1. part, section, portion
  2. (poetry) verse, stanza, rhyme

Synonyms

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
  • “1 rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 rann, rand” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Verb

rann

  1. past tense of rinna.
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