amhrán
See also: amhran
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”), in origin a diminutive form of Old Irish amar n or m (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”). Cognate to Manx arrane, Scottish Gaelic òran.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of amhrán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhrán | n-amhrán | hamhrán | t-amhrán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “aṁrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 16
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 288
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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