cuán

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See also: cuan, cuàn, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Aragonese

Adverb

cuán

  1. when

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúán. By surface analysis, +‎ -án.

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. diminutive of (hound, greyhound)
Derived terms
  • cuain f (litter of puppies)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Alternative form of cumhán ((fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow)

Declension

Declension of cuán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuán cuáin
vocative a chuáin a chuána
genitive cuáin cuán
dative cuán cuáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cuán na cuáin
genitive an chuáin na gcuán
dative leis an gcuán
don chuán
leis na cuáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuán
radical lenition eclipsis
cuán chuán gcuán

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

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

cuán (cuan2, Zhuyin ㄘㄨㄢˊ)

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  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / 𰏁
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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: cuán

Adverb

cuán

  1. accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Si siguieras mis indicaciones que son las de una madre desinteresada, y se ajustan al criterio de tu padre y a la voluntad de tu santo tío, entonces, querida Gloria, ¡cuán distinta sería tu situación ante Dios y ante los hombres!
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