English

Noun

rann ‎(plural ranns)

1. A stanza of Irish poetry.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranː/

  Rhymes: -anː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Noun

rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)

1. (poetic) house, home

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

rann f (genitive singular rannar, plural rannir)

1. (geology) a layer in a coal mine

Declension

Etymology 3

From the verb at renna.

Verb

rann

1. first-person singular past of renna
2. third-person singular past of renna

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Verb

rann

1. First-person singular preterite of rinnen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of rinnen.

Gothic

Romanization

rann

1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranː/

  Rhymes: -anː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rann, from Proto-Germanic *razną.

Alternative forms

• rannur

Noun

rann n ‎(genitive singular ranns, nominative plural rönn)

1. (poetic) house, home

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

rann (strong)

1. first-person singular past indicative of renna
2. third-person singular past indicative of renna

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann, rand ‎(“quatrain”).

Noun

rann m ‎(genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)

1. (poetry) quatrain
2. (poetry) stanza, verse

Declension

Related terms

• rannaíocht f ‎(“versification; form of verse”)
• rannaire² m ‎(“versifier, rhymer”)
• ranntach ‎(“versicular; fond of rhymes”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rann ‎(“part (of a whole); party, side, adherent”).

Noun

rann m ‎(genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rannta)

1. (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
2. (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
3. (mathematics) partition

Declension

Related terms

• rannach¹ ‎(“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)
• rannaire¹ m ‎(“food-distributor, carver”)
• rannán m ‎(“(military) division”)
• rannóg f ‎(“section”)

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

rann

1. genitive plural of roinn

References

• "rann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 rann, rand” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rannā.

Noun

rann f

1. part (of a whole)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• rannaid
• randatu

Descendants

• Irish: rann
• Scottish Gaelic: rann

References

• “rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

Noun

rann m ‎(genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)

1. part, section, portion
2. (poetry) verse, stanza, rhyme

Synonyms

• (part): roinn

Derived terms

• às na ceithir ranna ruadha ‎(“from all corners of the earth, from all four corners of the world”, literally “from the four red parts”)
• rann-phàirt f ‎(“participle”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 rann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 rann, rand” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Verb

rann

1. past tense of rinna.