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amhrán

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See also: amhran

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish amrán (singing, song),[2] in origin a diminutive form of Old Irish amar n or m (song). Cognate with Manx arrane, Scottish Gaelic òran, amhran.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amhrán m (genitive singular amhráin, nominative plural amhráin)

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

Declension

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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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of amhrán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhrán n-amhrán hamhrán t-amhrán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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