arna

See also: -arna, aRNA, Arna, árna, and Árna

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈaɾ.nə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈar.nə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈaɾ.na/

Etymology 1

(beehive): arna

Probably from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. beehive
    Synonyms: buc, casera, rusc
  2. Synonym of arnot
Holonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (worm, insect).

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. moth
See also

Etymology 3

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (scabies) as s’ + arna.

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

  1. (Mallorca) dandruff
    Synonym: caspa

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

Unknown; probably from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia and possibly a cognate with Catalan arna (beehive).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾna̝/

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)

  1. bark (the exterior covering of the trunk of a tree, notably when thick and old)
    Synonyms: arneca, casca, cortiza
  2. a round, large section of bark

Derived terms

  • arnal (large, wild)
  • arneirón (barnacles)
  • arneste (barnacles)

References

  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. arna.

Icelandic

Noun

arna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of örn

Irish

Etymology

From ar (on, upon) + a (his, her, their).

Preposition

arna

  1. Only used in arna mhárach

Contraction

arna

  1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object
    ‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition):
    arna shailleadhupon its being salted, when it had been salted
    ‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis):
    arna hinsintupon its being told, when it had been told
    ‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis):
    arna ndearbhú i gcruatanupon their being tested in hardship, when they were tested in hardship
  2. used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject
    masculine singular agreement triggers lenition:
    arna chur in eagar agedited by
    (of something masculine)
    feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis:
    arna hoscailt(being) opened
    (of something feminine)
    plural agreement triggers eclipsis:
    arna bhfoilsiú agpublished by
    (of something plural)

Further reading

  • "arna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “arna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “arna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈarno/

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)

  1. moth

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈarna/

Pronoun

arna

  1. first-person singular of ar
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