Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish dubán (“hook”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dubhan. Appears to be derived from dubh (“black”), though the semantic development is unclear. Perhaps “black thing” > “hook” (because iron hooks are black) > “kidney” (because kidneys are roughly hook-shaped).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈvˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [d̪ˠəˈvˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][1] (corresponding to the form dubhán)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːɑːnˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠuːɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈwɑːn/, /ˈd̪ˠu.ɑːn/, /ˈd̪ˠɞwɑːn/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːanˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠuːan̪ˠ/
Noun
duán m (genitive singular duáin, nominative plural duáin)
- kidney
- fishhook
Declension
Declension of duán (first declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of duán
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhuán
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nduán
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- “duán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dubán ‘fish-hook’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 dubán ‘kidney’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75
