Ruadhán

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Rúadán, from Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive). By surface analysis, ruadh (red, auburn) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ruadhán m (genitive Ruadháin)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Rowan
  2. (Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Bríd.

Declension

Declension of Ruadhán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Ruadhán
vocative a Ruadháin
genitive Ruadháin
dative Ruadhán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Ruadhán
genitive an Ruadháin
dative leis an Ruadhán
don Ruadhán

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