roinn

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rann (part), from Proto-Celtic *rannā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (part)). Akin to roinnt.

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular ranna, nominative plural ranna)

  1. share, portion, lot
  2. allotment
  3. legacy
  4. some
  5. division (portion)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (share, amount): cion
  • (share, portion): cuid
Derived terms
  • rannach1 (apportioning, sharing; open-handed, adjective)

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, nominative plural ranna)

  1. part
    Synonym: leath
  2. division (of government)
  3. continent
  4. department (of government, of a university)
Declension
Derived terms
  • rann m (party, side (in a dispute); adherent, partisan)
  • roinnt f (division, share)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish rannaid (to divide), from rann (part).

Verb

roinn (present analytic roinneann, future analytic roinnfidh, verbal noun roinnt, past participle roinnte) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. (mathematics, biology, etc.) divide
  2. separate into parts
  3. share, apportion
  4. (card games, business, etc.) deal, distribute
  5. involve, entail
Conjugation

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠɤiɲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish roinded (parts, separates; distributes, apportions), from Old Irish rann (part), from Proto-Celtic *rannā (compare Welsh rhan/Breton rann (part)).

Noun

roinn f (genitive singular roinne, plural roinnean)

  1. group, sect, section, class
  2. category, allotment
  3. municipality
  4. distribution, division, lot (portion)
  5. province, region
  6. share
  7. some
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bile roinn an iomhais (treasury bill)
  • co-roinn (proportion, share)
  • dàrna roinn (second division)
  • fo-roinn (subdivision)
  • mór-roinn (province)
  • nòta roinn an iomhais (treasury note)
  • prìomh-roinn (key sector; premier division)
  • roinn a' cheartais (justice department)
  • roinn an ionmhais (treasury; finance department)
  • roinn-cheartais (judicature, judiciary)
  • roinn-dùthcha (region, area)
  • Roinn-Eòrpa (Europe)
  • roinn fhada (long division)
  • roinn-fheachd (division)
  • roinn-phàrlamaid (constituency)
  • roinn phoblach (public sector)
  • roinn phrìobhaideach (private sector)
  • roinn riaghaltais (government department)
  • roinn-ruithe (run-rig)
  • roinn-seòrsa (category)
  • roinn-sheilbhiche (shareholder)
  • roinn slàinte (health department)
  • roinn-taghaidh (constituency; electoral division)
  • roinn-tarsainn (cross-section)
  • roinn tìde (timezone)

Verb

roinn (past roinn, future roinnidh, verbal noun roinn, past participle roinnte)

  1. divide, partition; impart, distribute
  2. (card games) deal
Derived terms
  • co-roinn (share)
  • so-roinn (divisible)

Noun

roinn m

  1. genitive singular of ronn

Further reading

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