rón

ró +‎ -n

• IPA^(key): [ˈroːn]
• Hyphenation: rón

rón

1. superessive singular of ró

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠoːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠuːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠõːnˠ/, /ˈɾˠõːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish rón (“seal”),^[1] of unknown origin.

rón m (genitive singular róin, nominative plural rónta)

1. seal (maritime mammal)

   Synonym: lao mara

   Hyponyms: bainirseach, tarbh róin

   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.

     [original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”) (whence Welsh rhawn),^[2] from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”).^[3] Compare Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

rón m (genitive singular róin)

1. horsehair; long hair as from animal's tail

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 rón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Unknown. Cognate with Welsh moelrhon (“seal”), which is prefixed with moel (“bald", i.e., "earless”), and Welsh Rhonech, "Steep Holm" (i.e., "place of seals"). Stifter dismisses traditional connections with Welsh rhawn (“coarse animal hair”) as implausible, and supposes that it is instead a Wanderwort from elsewhere.^[1] The DIL compares Old English hran (“whale”),^[2] but the short vowel of the latter makes it unlikely that the Irish word is borrowed from the English.

• IPA^(key): [r͈oːn]

rón m (genitive róin)

1. seal (maritime mammal)

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rón	rónL	róinL
Vocative	róin	rónL	rónuH
Accusative	rónN	rónL	rónuH
Genitive	róinL	rón	rónN
Dative	rónL	rónaib	rónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Rónán

• Irish: rón