Noun

arnaCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#ARNACategory:Albanian noun forms#ARNACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. inflection of arnë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Alternative forms

• arnia (Cabu Peñes, Colunga, Cabranes)

Etymology

Probably from a Paleo-HispanicCategory:Asturian terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate#ARNA, from Proto-CelticCategory:Asturian terms derived from Proto-Celtic#ARNA *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to the cylindrical shape around the trunk of a tree.

Noun

arna m or f (plural arnes)Category:Asturian lemmas#ARNACategory:Asturian nouns#ARNACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Asturian masculine nouns#ARNACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#ARNACategory:Asturian nouns with multiple genders#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. bark, especially of the oak or chestnut tree
2. vessel made of bark, used aforetime to do the laundry

   Tovía hai delles arnes en pueblu.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Category:Asturian terms with usage examples#ARNACategory:Requests for translations of Asturian usage examples#ARNA

3. bark shavings

   Dái-yos más de xintar a les vueses vaques que paecen afamiaes como les arnes l'añu pasáu.

   Give your cows more to eat because they look as hungry as last year's shavings.

   Category:Asturian terms with usage examples#ARNA

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “arna”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “arna”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.na]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ARNA

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-CelticCategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Celtic#ARNA *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.

Etymology 2

UnknownCategory:Catalan terms with unknown etymologies#ARNA origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (“worm, insect”). Cognate to Occitan arna and Sardinian arna.

Etymology 3

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (“scabies”) as s’ + arna.

Further reading

• “arna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “arna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

UncertainCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#ARNA. Probably from a Paleo-HispanicCategory:Galician terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate#ARNA, from *aronaCategory:Undetermined language links#ARNA (“ring”, “wheel”, "rim"); ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ARNA.^[1] Cognate with Asturian arna and Catalan arna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾnɐ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)Category:Galician lemmas#ARNACategory:Galician nouns#ARNACategory:Galician countable nouns#ARNACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Galician feminine nouns#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. bark (the exterior covering of the trunk of a tree, especially when thick and old)

   Synonyms: arneca, arnela, casca, cortiza

2. a round, large section of bark

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arna”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Noun

arnaCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#ARNACategory:Icelandic noun forms#ARNACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. indefinite genitive plural of örn

Etymology

From ar (“on, upon”) + a (“his, her, their”).

Preposition

arnaCategory:Irish lemmas#ARNACategory:Irish prepositions#ARNACategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. only used in arna mhárach

Contraction

arnaCategory:Irish non-lemma forms#ARNACategory:Irish contractions#ARNACategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object

   ‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition): arna shailleadh ― upon its being salted, when it had been saltedCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA

   ‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis): arna hinsint ― upon its being told, when it had been toldCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA

   ‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis): arna ndearbhú i gcruatan ― upon their being tested in hardship, when they were tested in hardshipCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA

2. used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject

   masculine singular agreement triggers lenition: arna chur in eagar ag ― edited byCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA (of something masculine)

   feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis: arna hoscailt ― (being) openedCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA (of something feminine)

   plural agreement triggers eclipsis: arna bhfoilsiú ag ― published byCategory:Irish terms with usage examples#ARNA (of something plural)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “arna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “arna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “arna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Alternative forms

• arda, arla (Gascon)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Occitan entries#ARNA Cognate with Catalan arna and Sardinian arna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarno/Category:Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

  Category:Occitan terms with audio pronunciation#ARNA

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)Category:Occitan lemmas#ARNACategory:Occitan nouns#ARNACategory:Occitan countable nouns#ARNACategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Occitan feminine nouns#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. moth
2. (Attagenus pellioCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Attagenus%20pellio)^[1] fur beetle, carpet beetle

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.n̪a/Category:Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ara (“so that”) +‎ ná (“not”)Category:Old Irish univerbations#ARNA.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ inna (“the”, accusative plural)Category:Old Irish univerbations#ARNA.

Noun

arnaCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#ARNACategory:Old Norse noun forms#ARNACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of arinn
2. indefinite genitive plural of ǫrn

Alternative forms

• arnia, arrana, arrina, arrala, arrentza, arrenza, rentza

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan arna and Occitan arna.

Noun

arna m (plural arnas)Category:Sardinian lemmas#ARNACategory:Sardinian nouns#ARNACategory:Sardinian entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Sardinian masculine nouns#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. moth

   Synonyms: maniposa, babbaliscu, tacatia

References

• àrna - Ditzionàriu in línia, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
• Vocabolariu Sardu-Italianu et Italianu-Sardu, Canonigu Johanne Ispanu

Alternative forms

• arnaf, arno

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarna/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#ARNA

Pronoun

arnaCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#ARNACategory:Welsh prepositional pronouns#ARNACategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ARNACategory:Pages with entries#ARNACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ARNA

1. (colloquialCategory:Welsh colloquialisms#ARNA) first-person singular of ar