arán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aran"

Hungarian

Etymology

ara (“bride”, literary) +‎ -n (case suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒraːn]
• Hyphenation: arán
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

arán

1. superessive singular of ara

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os (literally “born of the plough”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [əˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːn/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠanˠ/, /ˈaɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

arán m (genitive singular aráin)

1. bread
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99:

     tȧńīn̄ n̥ t-rān šə lm̥ gə rī wōr.

     [Taitníonn an t-arán seo liom go rí-mhór.]

     I like this bread very much.

Declension

Declension of arán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms 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 (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
• arán buí m (“cornbread”)
• arán coirce m (“oatbread, oatcake”)
• arán cuiríní m (“currant-bread”)
• arán donn m (“brown bread”)
• arán geal m (“white bread; baker’s bread”)
• arán glas m (“wall pennywort”)
• arán mine cruithneachta m (“mixed bread”)
• arán plúir m (“home-made bread”)
• arán prátaí m (“potato cake”)
• arán rísíní m (“raisin-bread”)
• arán rua m (“brown bread”)
• arán sinséir m (“gingerbread”)
• arán stálaithe m (“old bread”)
• arán úr m (“new bread”)
• bruscar aráin m (“bread-crumb”)
• cipín aráin m (“breadstick”)
• ciseán aráin m (“bread-basket”)
• clár aráin m (“bread-board”)
• cófra aráin m (“bread-bin”)
• grabhróg aráin f (“bread-crumb”)
• múscán aráin m (“bread mold”)
• scian aráin f (“bread-knife”)
• toradh aráin m (“bread-fruit”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of arán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arán	n-arán	harán	t-arán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “arán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Old Irish

Etymology

Derived by Eric Hamp from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) +‎ *ǵenh₁- (“born”), literally “born of the plough”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaraːn/

Noun

arán m

1. (rare) bread

   Synonym: bairgen

2. loaf of bread

Usage notes

The term is most abundantly found in a memoir about monastery life at Tallaght, and appears generally nowhere else. Elsewhere, bairgen serves as the general term for 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

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

Mutation

Mutation of arán

radical	lenition	nasalization
arán (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-arán

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

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque aran (“plum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾan/ [aˈɾãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧rán

Noun

arán m (plural aranes)

1. (regional, Biscay, Álava) blackthorn

   Synonyms: arañón, endrino

Related terms

• pacharán

 

Further reading

• “arán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28