"aran" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See aran in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈa.ɾan/, [ˈa˧˥ɾan˥˩] [Lewis], [ˈɑˀɾɑn] (note: South Argyll) Audio: LL-Q9314 (gla)-Knites-aran.wav Forms: arain [genitive, singular]
Etymology: From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*h₂erh₃-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|arán}} Old Irish arán, {{der|gd|cel-pro|*aragnos}} Proto-Celtic *aragnos Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|arain|||||||no plural|||-||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=arain|pl=-}} aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)
  1. bread, loaf Tags: masculine, no-plural
    Sense id: en-aran-gd-noun-lCPIGGKp Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Foods Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Foods: 85 15
  2. livelihood, sustenance Tags: masculine, no-plural
    Sense id: en-aran-gd-noun-usFIcy6b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aran-donn (english: brown bread), aran milis (english: pastry)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "brown bread",
      "translation": "brown bread",
      "word": "aran-donn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pastry",
      "translation": "pastry",
      "word": "aran milis"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "arain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "arain",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "no plural",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "-",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "arain",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ar",
        "an"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "gd:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              0,
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            ]
          ],
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              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "daily bread",
          "text": "aran làthail",
          "translation": "daily bread",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bread, loaf"
      ],
      "id": "en-aran-gd-noun-lCPIGGKp",
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "loaf",
          "loaf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
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              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
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            [
              19,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "who gives you your livelihood",
          "text": "a tha cumail t’ arain riut",
          "translation": "who gives you your livelihood",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You shall not want a livelihood.",
          "text": "Cha bhi thu gun aran.",
          "translation": "You shall not want a livelihood.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "livelihood, sustenance"
      ],
      "id": "en-aran-gd-noun-usFIcy6b",
      "links": [
        [
          "livelihood",
          "livelihood"
        ],
        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.ɾan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa˧˥ɾan˥˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑˀɾɑn]",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9314 (gla)-Knites-aran.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/LL-Q9314_%28gla%29-Knites-aran.wav/LL-Q9314_%28gla%29-Knites-aran.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "aran"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erh₃-",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Foods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "brown bread",
      "translation": "brown bread",
      "word": "aran-donn"
    },
    {
      "english": "pastry",
      "translation": "pastry",
      "word": "aran milis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂erh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "arán"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*aragnos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *aragnos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "arain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "arain",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "no plural",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "-",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "arain",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ar",
        "an"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          ],
          "english": "daily bread",
          "text": "aran làthail",
          "translation": "daily bread",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bread, loaf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "loaf",
          "loaf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              19,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "who gives you your livelihood",
          "text": "a tha cumail t’ arain riut",
          "translation": "who gives you your livelihood",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You shall not want a livelihood.",
          "text": "Cha bhi thu gun aran.",
          "translation": "You shall not want a livelihood.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "livelihood, sustenance"
      ],
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        [
          "livelihood",
          "livelihood"
        ],
        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.ɾan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa˧˥ɾan˥˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑˀɾɑn]",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "aran"
}

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