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> おかしな服{ふく}を着{き}た連中{れんちゅう} **には我慢{がまん}がならん。**  
>  He couldn't bear folk who wore strange clothes.

My translation comes from the obvious context, plus the fact that Jisho says
of ならん "Cannot bear not to". But I can't understand how it works. Should I
just learn に(は)我慢がならん as a set phrase, or can the parts be understood
separately?

My thought was that ならん may be a contraction of ならない (which seemed like a good
idea because に always pairs up with なる). But then I literally have: Xには我慢がならん
= patience does not become X. Which makes no sense.

Could you show me some other example using ならん? Do they have to use 我慢?
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The grammar of Xには我慢がならん
Yes, ならん is colloquialism for ならぬ, which is a literary/older version of ならない.
Practically, you should learn 我慢(が)ならない as a set phrase meaning "unbearable".
We never say 我慢がなる. This ない is obviously a negation marker, but there are
several fixed expressions where ない has been almost incorporated in a single
adjective.

Other examples:

  * 鼻持ちならない / 鼻持ちならぬ / 鼻持ちならん
  * 聞き捨てならない / 聞き捨てならぬ / 聞き捨てならん
  * やんごとない
  * 不甲斐ない
  * やむない

If you want to understand the なる part etymologically, this 成る【なる】 means
something like "to do/accomplish" rather than "to become" (cf.
[為せば成る](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%82%BA%E3%81%9B%E3%81%B0%E6%88%90%E3%82%8B)).
ならぬ/ならん by itself can mean "that's impossible" or "don't do it".

And also note that this 着た is not "who wore" but "wearing". See: [Use of かける
(N5 question)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29671/5010)
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