ruán alla
Irish
Alternative forms
- ruadhán alla (superseded)
Noun
ruán alla m (genitive singular ruáin alla, nominative plural ruáin alla)
- Synonym of damhán alla (“spider”)
- 1907, Peadar Ua Laoghaire, anonymous translator, Séadna, page 69:
- Chonaic sé ar an dtor beach bheag i n‑achran i snáith ruadháin alla. Do phreab an ruadhán alla amach as an áit ’na raibh sé i bhfolach agus thug sé fé bhreith ar an mbeich mbig.
- He saw on the bush a little bee caught in a spider’s web. The spider jumped out from the place where he was hiding, and tried to catch the little bee. [Shiana, page 65]
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ruaḋán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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