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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúan (“litter of pups or other small animals”).
Alternative forms
Noun
cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)
- a litter (of young)
- brood
- pack; band, company
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
cuain m
- vocative/genitive singular of cuan (“haven; harbour; place of refuge; bow, curve; bowed, stooped, person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cuain
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chuain
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gcuain
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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
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúan.
Noun
cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, plural cuainean)
- litter of puppies or piglets
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cuain m
- genitive singular of cuan
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cuain |
chuain
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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
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language