òran
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire) amhran
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of Old Irish amar (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
òran | n-òran | h-òran | t-òran |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “òran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language