amhrán

See also: amhran

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”),[1] in origin a diminutive form of Old Irish amar n or m (“song”). Cognate with Manx arrane, Scottish Gaelic òran, amhran.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑ̃ũˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Dunquin) IPA(key): /ũːˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/[3] (as if spelled umhrán)
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːn/[4], /ˈɑːɾˠɑːn/[5]
  • (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈoːɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾˠanˠ/, /ˈɔːɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

amhrán m (genitive singular amhráin, nominative plural amhráin)

  1. song
  2. (prosody) a type of stressed metre

Declension
Declension of amhrán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amhrán amhráin
Vocative a amhráin a amhrána
Genitive amhráin amhrán
Dative amhrán amhráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-amhrán na hamhráin
Genitive an amhráin na n-amhrán
Dative leis an amhrán

don amhrán

 leis na hamhráin

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
amhrán n-amhrán hamhrán t-amhrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
  4. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 288
  5. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 16

Further reading
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