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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cadan (compare Irish cadhan).
Noun
cathan m (genitive singular cathain, plural cathain)
- barnacle goose
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cathan m pl
- plural of cath
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cathan |
chathan
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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