òran

See also: oran and Oran

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • (Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire) amhran

Etymology

From Middle Irish amrán (singing, song) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of Old Irish amar (singing, song; wailing, moaning).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾan/

Noun

òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)

  1. song
  2. poem

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
òrann-òranh-òrant-òran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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