arán

See also: aran, Aran, -aran, äran, āran, and åran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *ar(-akno)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn/, /ˈɾˠɑːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɑːnˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠænˠ/

Noun

arán m (genitive singular aráin)

1. bread

Declension

Declension of arán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative arán Vocative a aráin Genitive aráin Dative arán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-arán Genitive an aráin Dative leis an arán don arán

Derived terms

• anlann aráin roiste m (“bread-sauce”)
• arán baile m (“home-baked bread”)
• arán bán m, arán geal m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
• arán buí m (“bread containing a mixture of Indian meal”)
• arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
• arán cuiríní m (“currant-bread”)
• arán donn m, arán rua m (“brown bread”)
• arán glas m (“wall pennywort”)
• arán mine cruithneachta m (“(flour) bread containing a mixture of wheaten meal”)
• arán plúir m (“flour bread; home-made bread”)
• arán prátaí m (“potato cake”)
• arán rísíní m (“raisin-bread”)
• arán sinséir m (“gingerbread”)
• arán stálaithe m (“old bread”)
• arán úr m (“new bread”)
• cipín aráin m (“breadstick”)
• ciseán aráin m (“bread-basket”)
• clár aráin m (“bread-board”)
• cófra aráin m (“bread-bin”)
• grabhróg aráin f, bruscar aráin m (“bread-crumb”)
• múscán aráin m (“bread mold”)
• scian aráin f (“bread-knife”)
• toradh aráin m (“bread-fruit”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “arán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ar(-akno)- (“bread”), related to Proto-Celtic *arankā- (“grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaraːn/

Noun

arán m

1. bread
2. loaf of bread

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	arán	aránL	aráinL
Vocative	aráin	aránL	aránuH
Accusative	aránN	aránL	aránuH
Genitive	aráinL	arán	aránN
Dative	aránL	aránaib	aránaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: arán
• Manx: arran
• Scottish Gaelic: aran

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
arán (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-arán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language