òran

See also: oran and Oran

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • abhran

Etymology

From Old Irish amrán (“singing, song”) (compare Irish amhrán, Manx arrane), a diminutive of amar (“singing, song; wailing, moaning”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːran/

Noun

òran m (genitive singular òrain, plural òrain)

  1. song
  2. poem

Derived terms
  • cian-òran m (“mournful, plaintive song”)
  • naomh-òran m (“anthem, hymn, psalm”)
  • òran-buachaill m (“eclogue”)
  • òran-càraid m (“duet”)
  • òran-luadhaidh m (“catch, waulking-song”)
  • òran nan car m (“cantata”)
  • òran-nèamhaidh m (“hallelujah”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
òrann-òranh-òrant-òran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “amrán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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