castan

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See also: castán, ĉastan, and častan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare modern Irish castán), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Noun

castan m (genitive singular , plural )

  1. chestnut
    Synonyms: castan Spaainagh, cro Spaainagh

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
castan chastan gastan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castaneus (19th century), possibly earlier via Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana). The Aromanian (cãstãnj) and Megleno-Romanian equivalents of the word are likely directly inherited from Latin.

Noun

castan m (plural castani)

  1. chestnut tree

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative castan castanul castani castanii
genitive-dative castan castanului castani castanilor
vocative castanule castanilor

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare modern Irish castán), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

castan m (genitive singular castain, plural castanan)

  1. chestnut (nut)

Mutation

Mutation of castan
radical lenition
castan chastan

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “castan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “castán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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