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rún

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rún f (genitive singular rúnar, plural rúnir)

  1. rune
  2. (in the plural: rúnir) magic

Declension

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f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rún rúnin rúnir rúnirnar
accusative rún rúnina rúnir rúnirnar
dative rún rúnini rúnum rúnunum
genitive rúnar rúnarinnar rúna rúnanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rún (secret; rune), from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rún f (genitive singular rúnar, nominative plural rúnir)

  1. rune
  2. magical symbol
  3. (archaic or poetic) secret wisdom
  4. (obsolete) female confidant
    Synonym: rúna

Declension

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Derived terms

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish rún (mystery, secret)[1] (whence also Scottish Gaelic rùn, Manx roon), from Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rún m (genitive singular rúin, nominative plural rúin)

  1. mystery
  2. secret
  3. secret intention, purpose
  4. secret disposition; (evil) design
  5. (formal) resolution
  6. love, affection
  7. loved one; dear one, friend
  8. term of endearment
    A rún mo chroí!My darling!

Declension

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Declension of rún (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative rún rúin
vocative a rúin a rúna
genitive rúin rún
dative rún rúin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an rún na rúin
genitive an rúin na rún
dative leis an rún
don rún
leis na rúin

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86

Further reading

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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rún (run2, Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥆧

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rún f (genitive rúine, nominative plural rúna)

  1. mystery, secret
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13a12
      Má beid ní di rúnaib do·théi ar menmuin ind ḟir bíis inna ṡuidiu et ad·reig.
      If there are any of the mysteries that may come upon the mind of the man who is sitting, and he rises.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27c22
      Is airi am cimbid-se hóre no·pridchim in rúin sin.
      It is for that reason that I am a captive, because I preach that mystery.

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúnL rúinL rúnaH
Vocative rúnL rúinL rúnaH
Accusative rúinN rúinL rúnaH
Genitive rúineH rúnL rúnN
Dative rúinL rúnaib rúnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: rún
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùn
  • Manx: roon

Mutation

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Mutation of rún
radical lenition nasalization
rún
also rrún after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
rún
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Further reading

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Old Norse

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photograph of the inscription on the Einang stone, which may be the oldest attestation of this word

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō, whence also Old English rūn (secret, runic letter), Old Saxon rūna (Middle Low German rūne (whisper)), Middle High German rūne (whisper), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna, secret). Or from the Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (dig, a root). Compare German Rune and Swedish runa.

Noun

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rún f (genitive rúnar, plural rúnar or rúnir)

  1. secret
  2. rune

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rún (𦠆)

  1. Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam form of rốn (navel)
    Chuồn chuồn cắn rún biết bơi. (Popular myth among children in Vietnam)
    If you let a dragonfly bite your belly button, you would know how to swim.

See also

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Derived terms