arán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aran"

Hungarian

Etymology

ara (“bride”, literary) +‎ -n (case suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒraːn]
  • Hyphenation: arán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

arán

  1. superessive singular of ara

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish arán,[1] from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os (literally “born of the plough”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [əˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][3]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːn/[4]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠanˠ/, /ˈaɾˠan̪ˠ/[5]

Noun

arán m (genitive singular aráin)

  1. bread
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99:
      tȧńīn̄ n̥ t-rān šə lm̥ gə rī wōr.
      [Taitníonn an t-arán seo liom go rí-mhór.]
      I like this bread very much.

Declension
Declension of arán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative arán
Vocative a aráin
Genitive aráin
Dative arán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-arán
Genitive an aráin
Dative leis an arán

don arán

Derived terms
  • anlann aráin roiste m (“bread-sauce”)
  • arán baile m (“home-baked bread”)
  • arán bán m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
  • arán buí m (“cornbread”)
  • arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
  • arán cuiríní m (“currant-bread”)
  • arán donn m (“brown bread”)
  • arán geal m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
  • arán glas m (“wall pennywort”)
  • arán mine cruithneachta m (“mixed bread”)
  • arán plúir m (“home-made bread”)
  • arán prátaí m (“potato cake”)
  • arán rísíní m (“raisin-bread”)
  • arán rua m (“brown bread”)
  • arán sinséir m (“gingerbread”)
  • arán stálaithe m (“old bread”)
  • arán úr m (“new bread”)
  • bruscar aráin m (“bread-crumb”)
  • cipín aráin m (“breadstick”)
  • ciseán aráin m (“bread-basket”)
  • clár aráin m (“bread-board”)
  • cófra aráin m (“bread-bin”)
  • grabhróg aráin f (“bread-crumb”)
  • múscán aráin m (“bread mold”)
  • scian aráin f (“bread-knife”)
  • toradh aráin m (“bread-fruit”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
arán n-arán harán t-arán
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), “arán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Hamp, Eric P. (1995) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Études Celtiques, volume 31, →DOI, pages 89–90
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
  4. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99
  5. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “arán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “arán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Old Irish

Etymology

Derived by Eric Hamp from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) +‎ *ǵenh₁- (“born”), literally “born of the plough”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaraːn/

Noun

arán m

  1. (rare) bread
    Synonym: bairgen
  2. loaf of bread

Usage notes

The term is most abundantly found in a memoir about monastery life at Tallaght, and appears generally nowhere else. Elsewhere, bairgen serves as the general term for bread.

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative arán aránL aráinL
Vocative aráin aránL aránuH
Accusative aránN aránL aránuH
Genitive aráinL arán aránN
Dative aránL aránaib aránaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: arán

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
arán unchanged n-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Hamp, Eric P. (1995) “Old Irish arbar n. “corn””, in Etudes Celtiques, volume 31, number 1, PERSEE Program, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 89–90

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque aran (“plum”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈɾan/ [aˈɾãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧rán

Noun

arán m (plural aranes)

  1. (regional, Biscay, Álava) blackthorn
    Synonyms: arañón, endrino

Further reading
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