cúan

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See also: cuan, cuàn, cuán, cuān, and cúán

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúan.

Noun

cúan f

  1. litter
  2. pack
  3. band
  4. family
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapno-, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Noun

cúan m

  1. bay
  2. gulf
  3. harbour
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Irish: cuan
  • Manx: keayn
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuan

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cúan chúan cúan
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kawno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

If the original sense was "pack of animals, pups," formed from cú (“dog”). Or otherwise from Proto-Celtic *kounos, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp-o-, which is related to Proto-Slavic *kupъ (“heap”), possibly also Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

cúan f

  1. litter
  2. pack
  3. band
  4. family

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cúanL cúainL cúanaH
Vocative cúanL cúainL cúanaH
Accusative cúainN cúainL cúanaH
Genitive cúaineH cúanL cúanN
Dative cúainL cúanaib cúanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cúan chúan cúan
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cúan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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