cathan

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cadan (compare Irish cadhan).

Pronunciation

Noun

cathan m (genitive singular cathain, plural cathain)

  1. barnacle goose

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cathan m pl

  1. plural of cath

Mutation

Mutation of cathan
radical lenition
cathan chathan

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

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