arán
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
ara (“bride”, literary) + -n (case suffix)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɒraːn]
Hyphenation: arán
Rhymes: -aːn
=== Noun ===
arán
superessive singular of ara
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os (literally “born of the plough”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): /əˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [əˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
(Connacht) IPA(key): /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːnˠ/, /(ə)ˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠanˠ/
=== Noun ===
arán m (genitive singular aráin)
bread
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “arán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“arán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “arán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
== Old Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived by Eric Hamp from Proto-Celtic *aragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-ǵnh₁-os, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) + *ǵenh₁- (“born”), literally “born of the plough”.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾaːn/
=== Noun ===
arán m
(rare) bread
Synonym: bairgen
loaf of bread
==== Usage notes ====
The term is most abundantly found in a memoir about monastery life at Tallaght, and appears generally nowhere else. Elsewhere, bairgen serves as the general term for bread.
==== Inflection ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle Irish: arán
Irish: arán
Manx: arran
Scottish Gaelic: aran
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Basque aran (“plum”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈɾan/ [aˈɾãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: a‧rán
=== Noun ===
arán m (plural aranes)
(regional, Biscay, Álava) blackthorn
Synonyms: arañón, endrino
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“arán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025