castán

See also: castan, ĉastan, and častan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic castan), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Noun

castán m (genitive singular castáin, nominative plural castáin)

  1. (Spanish, sweet) chestnut

Declension

Declension of castán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative castán castáin
vocative a chastáin a chastána
genitive castáin castán
dative castán castáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an castán na castáin
genitive an chastáin na gcastán
dative leis an gcastán
don chastán 		leis na castáin

Derived terms

  • castán Eorpach (“sweet chestnut”)
  • castán uisce (“water chestnut”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of castán
radical lenition eclipsis
castán chastán gcastán

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

See also

  • cnó capaill (“horse-chestnut”)
  • geanmchnó (“chestnut”)

References

Further reading

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