ruán
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as raudane, raudanus, probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raudaz.[1] Cognate with Spanish roano.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)
- auburn
- roan
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:
- El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán
- king Castor, who was atop a good roan horse
References edit
- “roan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “roan” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ruán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ruán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ruán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “roano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)
Declension edit
Declension of ruán
Alternative forms edit
- ruadhán (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
- ruán aille (“sparrow-hawk”)
- ruán beag (“small tortoise-shell butterfly”)
- ruán alla (“spider”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)
- Alternative form of rabhán
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堧
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撋／𰓷