úan
See also: uan
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *ognos (compare Welsh oen), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).
Noun edit
úan m
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | úan | úanL | úainL |
Vocative | úain | úanL | úanuH |
Accusative | úanN | úanL | úanuH |
Genitive | úainL | úan | úanN |
Dative | úanL | úanaib | úanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 úan “lamb””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-, from *pu- (“to swell, blow”).
Noun edit
úan ?
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 úan “foam, froth””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 3 edit
See the verb oidid
Noun edit
úan f
Alternative forms edit
- ón (early?)
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 úan “lending, loan””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 4 edit
Univerbation of úa (“from”) + sinn (“us”)
Pronoun edit
úan
- first-person plural of úa; alternative spelling of úainn
Etymology 5 edit
Univerbation of úa (“from”) + in (“the”, dative singular)
Article edit
úan
- from/of/by the (dative singular)
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úan | unchanged | n-úan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |