castán

See also: castan, ĉastan, and častan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic castan), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Noun

castán m (genitive singular castáin, nominative plural castáin)

1. (Spanish, sweet) chestnut

Declension

Declension of castán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative castán castáin Vocative a chastáin a chastána Genitive castáin castán Dative castán castáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an castán na castáin Genitive an chastáin na gcastán Dative leis an gcastán don chastán leis na castáin

Derived terms

• castán Eorpach (“sweet chestnut”)
• castán uisce (“water chestnut”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
castán	chastán	gcastán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• cnó capaill (“horse-chestnut”)
• geanmchnó (“chestnut”)

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “castán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “castán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “castán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “castán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024