# rón
## Hungarian
### Etymology

ró +‎ -n

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈroːn]
* Hyphenation: rón

### Noun

rón
* superessive singular of ró

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈɾˠoːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈɾˠuːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɾˠõːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠõːn̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish rón (“seal”), of unknown origin.

#### Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin, nominative plural rónta)
* seal (maritime mammal)
    Synonym: lao mara
    Hyponyms: bainirseach, tarbh róin
** 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.[original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rón
rónta
vocative
a róin
a rónta
genitive
róin
rónta
dative
rón
rónta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rón
na rónta
genitive
an róin
na rónta
dative
leis an rón don rón
leis na rónta :

##### Derived terms

* adhbha rón
* athrón
* banrón
* cladach rónta
* cráin róin
* croiméal róin
* dallóg róin
* éan róin
* gillín róin
* mór-rón
* oisín róin
* poll róin
* rón beag
* rón cochallach
* rón eilifintiúil
* rón fionnaidh
* rón glas
* rón Graonlannach
* rón manaigh
* rón mór
* rónach
* Rónán
* smugairle róin
* smutrón

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”) (whence Welsh rhawn), from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”). Compare Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

#### Noun

rón m (genitive singular róin)
* horsehair; long hair as from animal's tail

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
rón
vocative
a róin
genitive
róin
dative
rón
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an rón
genitive
an róin
dative
leis an rón don rón :

##### Derived terms

* éadach róin
* léine róin
* ribe róin
* rónadóir
* rónéadach
* rónléine

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 49
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306

## Old Irish
### Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Welsh moelrhon (“seal”), which is prefixed with moel (“bald", i.e., "earless”), and Welsh Rhonech, "Steep Holm" (i.e., "place of seals"). Stifter dismisses traditional connections with Welsh rhawn (“coarse animal hair”) as implausible, and supposes that it is instead a Wanderwort from elsewhere. The DIL compares Old English hran (“whale”), but the short vowel of the latter makes it unlikely that the Irish word is borrowed from the English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [r͈oːn]

### Noun

rón m (genitive róin)
* seal (maritime mammal)

#### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | rón | rón$^L$ | róin$^L$ |
| Vocative | róin | rón$^L$ | rónu$^H$ |
| Accusative | rón$^N$ | rón$^L$ | rónu$^H$ |
| Genitive | róin$^L$ | rón | rón$^N$ |
| Dative | rón$^L$ | rónaib | rónaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* Rónán

#### Descendants

* Irish: rón

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 172–192
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language