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.
castan m (genitive singular , plural )
| 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. | ||
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.
castan m (plural castani)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) castan | castanul | (niște) castani | castanii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) castan | castanului | (unor) castani | castanilor |
| vocative | castanule | castanilor | ||
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.
castan m (genitive singular castain, plural castanan)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| castan | chastan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |