radan

See also: Radan, rađan, rădan, and rædan

Finnish

Noun

radan

  1. genitive singular of rata

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Verb

rādan

  1. to advise

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: râden
    • Dutch: raden
    • Limburgish: raoje

Further reading

  • rādan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (to advise).

Verb

rādan

  1. to advise

Conjugation

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from an Anglic language. Compare dialectal English ratton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠat̪ən/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dan

Noun

radan m

  1. rat

Declension

Declension of radan (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative radan radain
genitive radain radan
dative radan radain; radanaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) radan (na) radain
genitive (an) radain (nan) radan
dative (an) radan (na) radain; radanaibh
vocative radain radana

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of radan
radical lenition
radan unchanged

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “radan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 478