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 (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”). Cognate to Manx arrane, Scottish Gaelic òran.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əuˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɑːɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɾˠanˠ/

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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “aṁrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 16
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 288
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN