duán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish dubán (“hook”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dubhan. Appears to be derived from dubh (“black”), though the semantic development is unclear. Perhaps “black thing” > “hook” (because iron hooks are black) > “kidney” (because kidneys are roughly hook-shaped).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈvˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [d̪ˠəˈvˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][1] (corresponding to the form dubhán)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːɑːnˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠuːɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈwɑːn/, /ˈd̪ˠu.ɑːn/, /ˈd̪ˠɞwɑːn/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːanˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠuːan̪ˠ/
Noun
editduán m (genitive singular duáin, nominative plural duáin)
Declension
editDeclension of duán
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duán | dhuán | nduán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 266
Further reading
edit- “duán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dubán ‘fish-hook’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 dubán ‘kidney’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75