rún
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.
Pronunciation
Noun
rún f (genitive singular rúnar, plural rúnir)
Declension
Declension of rún | ||||
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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
Etymology
From Old Norse rún (“secret; rune”), from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.
Pronunciation
Noun
rún f (genitive singular rúnar, nominative plural rúnir)
Synonyms
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish rún (“mystery, secret”) (Scottish Gaelic rùn, Manx roon), from Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.
Pronunciation
Noun
rún m (genitive singular rúin, nominative plural rúin)
- mystery
- secret
- secret intention, purpose
- secret disposition; (evil) design
- (formal) resolution
- love, affection
- loved one; dear one, friend
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rún”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “rún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Mandarin
Romanization
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rūnā. Cognate with Welsh rhin.
Pronunciation
Noun
rún f (genitive rúine, nominative plural rúna)
- 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. 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.
- 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
Declension
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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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:
|
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
rún also rrún after a proclitic |
rún pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
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), “1 rún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Etymology
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
rún f (genitive rúnar, plural rúnar or rúnir)
Declension
Derived terms
- sigrún (“victory rune”)
Descendants
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Noun
rún
- Eye dialect spelling of rốn, representing Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam Vietnamese.
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