See also: UAN, úan, and ūan

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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uan

  1. and

Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uən̪ˠ/[1], /uənˠ/; /uːn̪ˠ/, /uːnˠ/

Etymology 1

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From Old Irish úan,[2] from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (lamb).

Noun

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uan m (genitive singular uain, nominative plural uain)

  1. lamb
    Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan. (proverb)
    Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
Declension
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Declension of uan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uan uain
vocative a uain a uana
genitive uain uan
dative uan uain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-uan na huain
genitive an uain na n-uan
dative leis an uan
don uan
leis na huain
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish auen, uan (foam) (compare Modern Irish variants obhan, odhan, othan,[3] which all reflect the early Old Irish pronunciation of auen as a disyllabic word before loss of hiatus original caused by loss of *w.) from Proto-Celtic *ɸowinos (compare Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn which yielded Welsh ewyn, Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon) or possibly *ɸowsinos from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-).[4]

Noun

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uan m (genitive singular uain)

  1. froth, foam
Declension
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Declension of uan (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative uan
vocative a uain
genitive uain
dative uan
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-uan
genitive an uain
dative leis an uan
don uan
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of uan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uan n-uan huan t-uan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish úan,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (lamb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

  1. lamb

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of uan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uan n-uan h-uan t-uan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN