arraing

Irish

Alternative forms

  • arrann (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

arraing f (genitive singular arrainge, nominative plural arraingeacha)

  1. stitch, stabbing pain, pang, twinge, convulsion
    Synonyms: géaróg, díoth

Declension

Declension of arraing (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative arraing arraingeacha
vocative a arraing a arraingeacha
genitive arrainge arraingeacha
dative arraing arraingeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an arraing na harraingeacha
genitive na harrainge na n-arraingeacha
dative leis an arraing
don arraing 		leis na harraingeacha

Derived terms

  • arraing an bháis (“death throe”)
  • arraingeach
  • in arraingeacha (“in stitches”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arraing
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arraing n-arraing harraing not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

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