torann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish torann (“thunder; loud noise; noise of battle; battle, conflict”).

Pronunciation

Noun

torann m or f (genitive singular torainn, nominative plural torainn)

  1. noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)
  2. (literary) thunder; (tumult of) battle

Declension
Declension of torann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torann torainn
Vocative a thorainn a thoranna
Genitive torainn torann
Dative torann torainn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an torann na torainn
Genitive an torainn na dtorann
Dative leis an torann

don torann

 leis na torainn

Synonyms
  • fothram

Derived terms
  • torannach, toranda (“noisy”)
  • torannáil (“act of making noise, rumbling”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
torann thorann dtorann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “torann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “torann” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "torann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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