# rann
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹæn/
* Rhymes: -æn
* Homophone: ran

### Noun

rann (plural ranns)
* 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.

### Anagrams

* nRNA

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Welsh rhan; Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn).

### Noun

rann m (plural rannow)
* part, section
* portion, share

### Pronoun

rann
* some

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ranː/
* Rhymes: -anː

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

rann n (genitive singular rans, plural rann)
* (poetic) house, home

##### Declension

| n9 | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | rann | rannið | rann | rannini |
| Accusative | rann | rannið | rann | rannini |
| Dative | ranni | ranninum | rannum | rannunum |
| Genitive | rans | ransins | ranna | rannanna |

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

rann f (genitive singular rannar, plural rannir)
* (geology) a layer in a coal mine

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

rann
* first/third-person singular past of renna

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Homophone: ran

### Verb

rann
* first/third-person singular preterite of rinnen

## Gothic
### Romanization

rann
* Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (poetic) house, home

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rann (strong)
* first/third-person singular past indicative of renna

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ɾˠan̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, nominative plural rainn)
* (poetry) quatrain
* (poetry) stanza, verse

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rann
rainn
vocative
a rainn
a ranna
genitive
rainn
rann
dative
rann
rainn
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rann
na rainn
genitive
an rainn
na rann
dative
leis an rann don rann
leis na rainn :

##### Related terms

* rannaíocht f (“versification; form of verse”)
* rannaire$^2$ 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)
* (literary) party, side (in a dispute)
* (literary, in the plural) adherents, partisans, confederates
* (mathematics) partition

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rann
rannta
vocative
a rainn
a rannta
genitive
rainn
rannta
dative
rann
rannta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rann
na rannta
genitive
an rainn
na rannta
dative
leis an rann don rann
leis na rannta :

##### Related terms

* rannach$^1$ (“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)
* rannaire$^1$ m (“food-distributor, carver”)
* rannán m (“(military) division”)
* rannóg f (“section”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

rann
* genitive plural of roinn

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 rann, rand”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

rann
* past of renna

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɑnn/, [rɑn]

### Verb

rann
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of rinnan

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [r͈an͈]

### Noun

rann f (genitive rainne, nominative plural ranna)
* part (of a whole)

#### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | rann$^L$ | rainn$^L$ | ranna$^H$ |
| Vocative | rann$^L$ | rainn$^L$ | ranna$^H$ |
| Accusative | rainn$^N$ | rainn$^L$ | ranna$^H$ |
| Genitive | rainne$^H$ | rann$^L$ | rann$^N$ |
| Dative | rainn$^L$ | rannaib | rannaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* rannaid
* randatu
* ranngabáil

#### Descendants

* Irish: rann
* Manx: rheynn
* Scottish Gaelic: rann

### Mutation

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), “rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish rann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rˠaun̪ˠ/

### Noun

rann m (genitive singular rainn, plural rannan)
* part, section, portion
* (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”)

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “rann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 rann, rand”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Swedish
### Verb

rann
* past indicative of rinna