Rúadán
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive). By surface analysis, rúad (“red, reddish”) + -án.
Proper noun edit
Rúadán m
- (Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Brigit and Bres.
- a male given name
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rúadán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language