duan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).
Noun edit
duan (plural duans)
- A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
- 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
- Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan
- A poem or song.
References edit
- “duan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Verb edit
duan
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
duan
- accusative singular of dua
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)
Declension edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duan | dhuan | nduan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
duan
- Nonstandard spelling of duān.
- Nonstandard spelling of duǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of duàn.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old Frisian edit
Verb edit
duān
- Alternative spelling of dwā
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)