cóán

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 公案 (kōan), from Chinese 公案 (gōng'àn, “official business”).

Noun

cóán m (genitive singular cóáin, nominative plural cóáin)

  1. (Buddhism) koan

Declension

Declension of cóán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cóán cóáin
vocative a chóáin a chóána
genitive cóáin cóán
dative cóán cóáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cóán na cóáin
genitive an chóáin na gcóán
dative leis an gcóán
don chóán 		leis na cóáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cóán
radical lenition eclipsis
cóán chóán gcóán

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

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