rann

English

Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræn/

Noun

rann (plural ranns)

1. A stanza of Irish poetry.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.

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Gothic

Romanization

rann

1. See 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Alternative forms

• rannur

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ranː/

  Rhymes: -anː

Noun

rann n (genitive singular ranns, plural rönn)

1. (poetic) house, home

Declension

declension of rann

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rann	rannið	rönn	rönnin
accusative	rann	rannið	rönn	rönnin
dative	ranni	ranninu	rönnum	rönnunum
genitive	ranns	rannsins	ranna	rannanna

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann.

Noun

rann m (genitive rainn, nominative plural rainn)

1. (poetry) quatrain
2. (poetry) stanza, verse

Declension

Declension of rann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rann rainn Vocative a rainn a ranna Genitive rainn rann Dative rann rainn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rann na rainn Genitive an rainn na rann Dative leis an rann don rann leis na rainn

Related terms

• rannaíocht
• rannaire²
• ranntach

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rann.

Noun

rann m (genitive rainn, nominative plural rannta)

1. (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
2. (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
3. (mathematics) partition

Declension

Declension of rann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rann rannta Vocative a rainn a rannta Genitive rainn rannta Dative rann rannta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rann na rannta Genitive an rainn na rannta Dative leis an rann don rann leis na rannta

Related terms

• rannach¹
• rannaire¹
• rannán
• rannóg

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

Noun

rann m (genitive rainn, plural rannan)

1. part, section, portion
2. verse, stanza, rhyme

Synonyms

• (part): roinn

Derived terms

• às na ceithir ranna ruadha
• rann-phàirt

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Swedish

Verb

rann

1. past tense of rinna.