úan

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ognos (compare Welsh oen), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

úan m

  1. lamb
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative úan úanL úainL
Vocative úain úanL úanuH
Accusative úanN úanL úanuH
Genitive úainL úan úanN
Dative úanL úanaib úanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: uan
  • Manx: eayn
  • Scottish Gaelic: uan

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-, from *pu- (“to swell, blow”).

Noun

úan ?

  1. foam
  2. froth


Further reading

Etymology 3

See the verb oidid

Noun

úan f

  1. act of lending, loan


Alternative forms

Further reading

Etymology 4

Univerbation of úa (“from”) +‎ sinn (“us”)

Pronoun

úan

  1. first-person plural of úa; alternative spelling of úainn

Etymology 5

Univerbation of úa (“from”) +‎ in (“the”, dative singular)

Article

úan

  1. from/of/by the (dative singular)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
úan
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-úan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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