# roinn
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Waterford) IPA: /ɾˠaiɲ/
* (Cork) IPA: /ɾˠiːɲ/
* (Kerry) IPA: /ɾˠiːnʲ/
* (Galway) IPA: /ɾˠiːn̠ʲ/
* (Mayo) IPA: /ɾˠɪn̠ʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ɾˠɨ̞n̠ʲ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann (“part”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (“part”)). Akin to roinnt.

#### Noun

roinn f (genitive singular ranna, nominative plural ranna)
* share, portion, lot
* allotment
* legacy
* some
* division (portion)

##### Declension

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

##### Synonyms

* (share, amount): cion
* (share, portion): cuid

##### Derived terms

* rannach$^1$ (“apportioning, sharing; open-handed”, adjective)

#### Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, nominative plural ranna)
* part
    Synonym: leath
* division (of government)
* continent
* department (of government, of a university)

##### Declension

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

##### Derived terms

* comhroinn
* mór-roinn f (“continent”)
* rannach (“departmental”, adjective)
* rannaire m (“food-distributor, carver”)
* rannóg f (“section”)

##### Related terms

* rann m (“party, side (in a dispute); adherent, partisan”)
* roinnt f (“division, share”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish rannaid (“to divide”), from rann (“part”).

#### Verb

roinn (present analytic roinneann, future analytic roinnfidh, verbal noun roinnt, past participle roinnte) (transitive, intransitive)
* (mathematics, biology, etc.) divide
* separate into parts
* share, apportion
* (card games, business, etc.) deal, distribute
* involve, entail

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | roinnim | roinneann tú; roinnir$^†$ | roinneann sé, sí | roinnimid | roinneann sibh | roinneann siad; roinnid$^†$ | a roinneann; a roinneas | roinntear |
| indicative | past | roinn mé; roinneas | roinn tú; roinnis | roinn sé, sí | roinneamar; roinn muid | roinn sibh; roinneabhair | roinn siad; roinneadar | a roinn / ar roinn* | roinneadh |
| indicative | past habitual | roinninn | roinnteá | roinneadh sé, sí | roinnimis; roinneadh muid | roinneadh sibh | roinnidís; roinneadh siad | a roinneadh / a roinneadh* | roinntí |
| future | future | roinnfidh mé; roinnfead | roinnfidh tú; roinnfir$^†$ | roinnfidh sé, sí | roinnfimid; roinnfidh muid | roinnfidh sibh | roinnfidh siad; roinnfid$^†$ | a roinnfidh; a roinnfeas | roinnfear |
| conditional | conditional | roinnfinn | roinnfeá | roinnfeadh sé, sí | roinnfimis; roinnfeadh muid | roinnfeadh sibh | roinnfidís; roinnfeadh siad | a roinnfeadh / a roinnfeadh* | roinnfí |
| subjunctive | present | go roinne mé; go roinnead$^†$ | go roinne tú; go roinnir$^†$ | go roinne sé, sí | go roinnimid; go roinne muid | go roinne sibh | go roinne siad; go roinnid$^†$ | — | go roinntear |
| subjunctive | past | dá roinninn | dá roinnteá | dá roinneadh sé, sí | dá roinnimis; dá roinneadh muid | dá roinneadh sibh | dá roinnidís; dá roinneadh siad | — | dá roinntí |
| imperative | imperative | roinnim | roinn | roinneadh sé, sí | roinnimis | roinnigí; roinnidh$^†$ | roinnidís | — | roinntear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt | roinnt |
| past participle | past participle | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe | roinnthe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rann (‘part’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rannaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 577
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rˠɤiɲ/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish roinded (“parts, separates; distributes, apportions”), from Old Irish rann (“part”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (“part”)).

#### Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, plural roinnean)
* group, sect, section, class
* category, allotment
* municipality
* distribution, division, lot (portion)
* province, region
* share
* some

##### Synonyms

* rann

##### Derived terms

* bile roinn an iomhais (“treasury bill”)
* co-roinn (“proportion, share”)
* dàrna roinn (“second division”)
* fo-roinn (“subdivision”)
* mór-roinn (“province”)
* nòta roinn an iomhais (“treasury note”)
* prìomh-roinn (“key sector; premier division”)
* roinn a' cheartais (“justice department”)
* roinn an ionmhais (“treasury; finance department”)
* roinn fhada (“long division”)
* roinn phoblach (“public sector”)
* roinn phrìobhaideach (“private sector”)
* roinn riaghaltais (“government department”)
* roinn slàinte (“health department”)
* roinn tìde (“timezone”)
* roinn-cheartais (“judicature, judiciary”)
* roinn-dùthcha (“region, area”)
* Roinn-Eòrpa (“Europe”)
* roinn-fheachd (“division”)
* roinn-phàrlamaid (“constituency”)
* roinn-ruithe (“run-rig”)
* roinn-seòrsa (“category”)
* roinn-sheilbhiche (“shareholder”)
* roinn-taghaidh (“constituency; electoral division”)
* roinn-tarsainn (“cross-section”)

#### Verb

roinn (past roinn, future roinnidh, verbal noun roinn, past participle roinnte)
* divide, partition; impart, distribute
* (card games) deal

##### Derived terms

* co-roinn (“share”)
* so-roinn (“divisible”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

roinn m
* genitive singular of ronn

### Further reading

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