cúán

See also: cuan, cuàn, cuán, cuān, and cúan

Old Irish

Etymology

cú +‎ -án

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːaːn/

Noun

cúán ?

  1. small dog
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 49b11
      cuán glosses canicula

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cúán cúánL cúáinL
vocative cúáin cúánL cúánuH
accusative cúánN cúánL cúánuH
genitive cúáinL cúán cúánN
dative cúánL cúánaib cúánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • Cúán

Descendants

  • Irish: cuán

Mutation

Mutation of cúán
radical lenition nasalization
cúán chúán cúán
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

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