canrán

See also: cànrán and cǎnrán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • camhrán, cannrán, canránacht[1]

Etymology

Classical Gaelic cannrán cruite[2] is translated “thrum of harpstrings” in a poem by Dáibhí Ó Bruadair,[3] so perhaps from can (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kaun̪ˠˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/ ~ /kɾˠaun̪ˠˈɾˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[4]

Noun

canrán m (genitive singular canráin, nominative plural canráin)

  1. (act of) muttering, grumbling (complaining)

Declension

Declension of canrán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative canrán canráin
vocative a chanráin a chanrána
genitive canráin canrán
dative canrán canráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an canrán na canráin
genitive an chanráin na gcanrán
dative leis an gcanrán
don chanrán 		leis na canráin

Derived terms

  • canránach
  • canránaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of canrán
radical lenition eclipsis
canrán chanrán gcanrán

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

References

  1. ^ “canrán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cannrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Bruadair, Dáibhí (1913) “D’éag an Fhéile [Gone is Bounty]”, in Rev. John C. Mac Erlean, S.J., editor, Duanaire Dháibhidh Uí Bhruadair [The Poems of David Ó Bruadair], volume Part II: Containing poems from the year 1667 till 1682 (overall work in English), London: Irish Texts Society, page 190: “fuaim seanndán is cannrán cruite ― Sound of ancient songs and thrum of harpstrings”
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 291, page 147

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “caṁrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 157; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cannrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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