ruán

See also: ruan, Ruan, ruàn, Ruán, ruǎn, ruan2, and ruan3

Galician

Alternative forms

• arroán, roán

Etymology

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. Cognate with Spanish roano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruˈaŋ]

Adjective

ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)

1. auburn
2. 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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɾˠuː.ɑːnˠ]

Etymology 1

rua +‎ -án

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. diminutive of rua
2. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
3. buckwheat

   Synonym: lus na gcearc

Declension

Declension of ruán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ruán ruáin Vocative a ruáin a ruána Genitive ruáin ruán Dative ruán ruáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ruán na ruáin Genitive an ruáin na ruán Dative leis an ruán don ruán leis na ruáin

Alternative forms

• ruadhán (obsolete)

Derived terms

• ruán aille (“sparrow-hawk”)
• ruán beag (“small tortoise-shell butterfly”)
• ruán alla (“spider”)

Related terms

• ruánach

Etymology 2

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. Alternative form of rabhán

Mandarin

Romanization

ruán (ruan², Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄢˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堧
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壖
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撋／𰓷