coan

Galician

Verb

coan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of coar

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cabhán, from Old Irish cobfán (“slope, hollow”).[1] Cognate with Irish cabhán and Scottish Gaelic cabhan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːn/, /ˈkau.an/[2]

Noun

coan m (genitive singular coan, plural coanyn)

  1. valley, glen
    Synonym: glione

Mutation

Mutation of coan
radical lenition eclipsis
coan choan goan

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobfán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 115
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