arna

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See also: Arna, aRNA, árna, Árna, -arna, and -árna

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to the cylindrical shape around the trunk of a tree.

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. bark, especially of the oak or chestnut tree
  2. vessel made of bark
    Les tendeláes nos puebros facíenles les muyeris en inḷḷiendo les arnes con ḷḷexía .
    In the villages, the women used to fill bark vessels with lye to hang the laundry.
  3. bark shavings
    Dái-yes més xintar les vueses xates ca paecin afamiáes comu les arnes anguañes.
    Give your cows more to eat because they look as hungry as last year's shavings.

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(beehive): arna

Probably from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. beehive
    Synonyms: buc, casera, rusc
  2. Synonym of arnot
Holonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (worm, insect). Cognate to Occitan arna and Sardinian arna.

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. moth
See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (scabies) as s’ + arna.

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. (Mallorca) dandruff
    Synonym: caspa

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Probably from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from *arona (“ring”, “wheel”, "rim"); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.[1] Cognate with Asturian arna and Catalan arna

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnas)

  1. bark (the exterior covering of the trunk of a tree, especially when thick and old)
    Synonyms: arneca, arnela, casca, cortiza
  2. a round, large section of bark

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “arna”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

arna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of örn

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ar (on, upon) + a (his, her, their).

Preposition[edit]

arna

  1. Only used in arna mhárach

Contraction[edit]

arna

  1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object
    ‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition): arna shailleadhupon its being salted, when it had been salted
    ‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis): arna hinsintupon its being told, when it had been told
    ‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis): arna ndearbhú i gcruatanupon their being tested in hardship, when they were tested in hardship
  2. used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject
    masculine singular agreement triggers lenition: arna chur in eagar agedited by (of something masculine)
    feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis: arna hoscailt(being) opened (of something feminine)
    plural agreement triggers eclipsis: arna bhfoilsiú agpublished by (of something plural)

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Catalan arna and Sardinian arna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈarno/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

arna f (plural arnas)

  1. moth
  2. (Attagenus pellio)[1] fur beetle, carpet beetle

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gui Benoèt, "Las bèstias", 2008, Toulouse, IEO Edicions, 2008, →ISBN, p. 60

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Univerbation of ara (so that) +‎ (not)

Conjunction[edit]

arna (triggers /h/-prothesis)

  1. so thatnot, lest
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9d24
      arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si
      lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil's machination and through your incontinence
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126a4
      arna té .i. féith forsna muire
      so that it may not go, i.e. a calm over the seas
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 203a6
      arna derṅmis cum nobis; air dïa ndénmis cum me, do·génmis dano cum nobis
      that we might not make cum nobis; for if we made cum me, then we should make cum nobis
  2. thatnot (introduces a noun clause)
Alternative forms[edit]
  • arnach- (used before an infixed pronoun)

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Univerbation of ar (for (the sake of), because of) +‎ inna (the, accusative plural)

Article[edit]

arna (triggers /h/-prothesis)

  1. for (the sake of) the (accusative plural), because of the (accusative plural)

Further reading[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

arna

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of arinn
  2. indefinite genitive plural of ǫrn

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Catalan arna and Occitan arna.

Noun[edit]

arna m (plural arnas)

  1. moth
    Synonyms: maniposa, babbaliscu, tacatia

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • àrna - Ditzionàriu in línia, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
  • Vocabolariu Sardu-Italianu et Italianu-Sardu, Canonigu Johanne Ispanu

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

arna

  1. (colloquial) first-person singular of am