rón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ron"

Hungarian

Etymology

ró +‎ -n

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈroːn]
  • Hyphenation: rón

Noun

rón

  1. superessive singular of ró

Irish
FWOTD – 8 February 2023

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠoːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠõːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠõːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rón (“seal”),[1] of unknown origin.

Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin, nominative plural rónta)

  1. seal (maritime mammal)
    Synonym: lao mara
    Hyponyms: bainirseach, tarbh róin
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.
      [original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]
Declension
Declension of rón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rón rónta
Vocative a róin a rónta
Genitive róin rónta
Dative rón rónta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rón na rónta
Genitive an róin na rónta
Dative leis an rón

don rón

 leis na rónta
Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”) (whence Welsh rhawn),[2] from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”).[3] Compare Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin)

  1. horsehair; long hair as from animal's tail
Declension
Declension of rón

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative rón
Vocative a róin
Genitive róin
Dative rón

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an rón
Genitive an róin
Dative leis an rón

don rón

Derived terms
  • éadach róin
  • léine róin
  • ribe róin
  • rónadóir
  • rónéadach
  • rónléine

Further reading

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 49
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Welsh moelrhon (“seal”), which is prefixed with moel (“bald", i.e., "earless”), and Welsh Rhonech, "Steep Holm" (i.e., "place of seals"). Stifter dismisses traditional connections with Welsh rhawn (“coarse animal hair”) as implausible, and supposes that it is instead a Wanderwort from elsewhere.[1] The DIL compares Old English hran (“whale”),[2] but the short vowel of the latter makes it unlikely that the Irish word is borrowed from the English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [r͈oːn]

Noun

rón m (genitive róin)

  1. seal (maritime mammal)

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rón rónL róinL
Vocative róin rónL rónuH
Accusative rónN rónL rónuH
Genitive róinL rón rónN
Dative rónL rónaib rónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: rón

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
rón
also rrón after a proclitic		 rón
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 172–192
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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