gân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筋 (“tendon”, SV: cân). Compare Japanese 筋 (“muscle or tendon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gân • (筋, 荕)

  1. tendon
  2. vein (of a leaf)

Derived terms

  • gân cốt
  • gân guốc

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːn/

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from English gan (“the mouth”).[1]

Noun

gân f (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) candidiasis, thrush
    Synonym: llindag

Mutation

Mutated forms of gân
radical soft nasal aspirate
gân ân ngân unchanged

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gân

  1. soft mutation of cân

Verb

gân

  1. soft mutation of cân

Mutation

Mutated forms of cân
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân

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

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gân”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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