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Irish
Etymology
cat + -án
Pronunciation
Noun
catán m (genitive singular catáin, nominative plural catáin)
- Synonym of caitín (“kitten; nap of cloth”)
Inflection
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| catán
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chatán
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gcatán
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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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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “catán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “catán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “catán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈtan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ca‧tán
Noun
catán m (plural catanes)
- Alternative form of catana
Further reading