dán

See also: Dán and Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːn]

Verb

dán

1. masculine singular passive participle of dát

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːn]

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

dán (not comparable)

1. Danish (of or pertaining to Denmark, its people or language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dán	dánok
accusative	dánt	dánokat
dative	dánnak	dánoknak
instrumental	dánnal	dánokkal
causal-final	dánért	dánokért
translative	dánná	dánokká
terminative	dánig	dánokig
essive-formal	dánként	dánokként
essive-modal	dánul	—
inessive	dánban	dánokban
superessive	dánon	dánokon
adessive	dánnál	dánoknál
illative	dánba	dánokba
sublative	dánra	dánokra
allative	dánhoz	dánokhoz
elative	dánból	dánokból
delative	dánról	dánokról
ablative	dántól	dánoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dáné	dánoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dánéi	dánokéi

Noun

dán (plural dánok)

1. Danish (person)
2. (singular only) Danish (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dán	dánok
accusative	dánt	dánokat
dative	dánnak	dánoknak
instrumental	dánnal	dánokkal
causal-final	dánért	dánokért
translative	dánná	dánokká
terminative	dánig	dánokig
essive-formal	dánként	dánokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dánban	dánokban
superessive	dánon	dánokon
adessive	dánnál	dánoknál
illative	dánba	dánokba
sublative	dánra	dánokra
allative	dánhoz	dánokhoz
elative	dánból	dánokból
delative	dánról	dánokról
ablative	dántól	dánoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dáné	dánoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dánéi	dánokéi

Possessive forms of dán
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dánom	dánjaim
2nd person sing.	dánod	dánjaid
3rd person sing.	dánja	dánjai
1st person plural	dánunk	dánjaink
2nd person plural	dánotok	dánjaitok
3rd person plural	dánjuk	dánjaik

Derived terms

Expressions

• Dán Királyság

 

Related terms

• Dánia

 

Further reading

• dán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dán in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Anagrams

• nád

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [d̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːnˠ/, /d̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠaːnˠ/, /d̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dán m (“gift, skill, poem”), from Proto-Celtic *dānus, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom. Cognate with Latin dōnum (“gift”).

Noun

dán m (genitive singular dáin, nominative plural dánta or dána)

1. (literary) gift, offering
2. (literary) craft, calling: allotted task
3. art, faculty, art of poetry
4. poem
5. (one's) lot, fate

Declension

Declension of dán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dán dánta Vocative a dháin a dhánta Genitive dáin dánta Dative dán dánta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dán na dánta Genitive an dáin na ndánta Dative leis an dán don dán leis na dánta

• Alternative plural: dána

Derived terms

• dán ceoil (“art of music”)
• dán diaga (“sacred poetry”)
• dán díreach (“(Irish) syllabic poetry”)
• dán draíochta
• dán grá (“love poem”)
• dán saor (“vers libre”)
• fear dána (“minstrel, poet”)
• i ndán (do)
• ildánach

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dán m (genitive singular dáin, nominative plural dáin)

1. halter (for cow's horns)

Declension

Declension of dán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dán dáin Vocative a dháin a dhána Genitive dáin dán Dative dán dáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dán na dáin Genitive an dáin na ndán Dative leis an dán don dán leis na dáin

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dán	dhán	ndán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Northern Sami

Determiner

dán

1. accusative/genitive singular of dát

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dānus, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom. Cognate with Latin dōnum (“gift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daːn]

Noun

dán m (genitive dáno, nominative plural dánai)

1. gift
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c2

     Ní rïat na dánu díadi ara n-indeb domunde.

     Let them not sell the divine gifts for the worldly wealth.

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dán	dánL	dánaH, dánai
Vocative	dán	dánL	dánu
Accusative	dánN	dánL	dánu
Genitive	dánoH, dánaH	dánoL, dánaL	dánaeN
Dative	dánL	dánaib	dánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dán	dán pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˦˥]
• Homophones: dáng, gián, giáng, ván, váng

Verb

dán • (旦, 演, 諫, 𬖭, 𬖷)

1. to paste, to glue