òran
See also: oran and Oran
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- (Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire) amhran
Etymology
From Middle Irish amrán (“singing, song”) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of Old Irish amar (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾan/
Noun
òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)
- song
- poem
Derived terms
- cian-òran
- naomh-òran
- òran-buachaill
- òran-càraid
- òran-luadhaidh
- òran nan car
- òran-nèamhaidh
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| òran | n-òran | h-òran | t-òran |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “òran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language