amhrán

See also: amhran

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhrán

Etymology

From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”), in origin a diminutive form of Old Irish amar n or m (“song”). Cognate with Manx arrane, Scottish Gaelic òran, amhran.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ũˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Dunquin) IPA^(key): /ũːˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/ (as if spelled umhrán)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːn/, /ˈɑːɾˠɑːn/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈoːɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɾˠanˠ/, /ˈɔːɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

amhrán m (genitive singular amhráin, nominative plural amhráin)

1. song
2. (prosody) a type of stressed metre

Declension

Declension of amhrán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amhrán amhráin Vocative a amhráin a amhrána Genitive amhráin amhrán Dative amhrán amhráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amhrán na hamhráin Genitive an amhráin na n-amhrán Dative leis an amhrán don amhrán leis na hamhráin

Derived terms

• amhránach
• amhránaí
• bonnán d'amhrán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhrán	n-amhrán	hamhrán	t-amhrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aṁrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN