duan

English

Etymology

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Noun

duan (plural duans)

1. A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
   • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):

     Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan

2. A poem or song.

References

• “duan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Danu, Duna, Düna

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduan/,

Verb

duan

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of dua

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uan
• Hyphenation: du‧an

Adjective

duan

1. accusative singular of dua

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuən̪ˠ/, /d̪ˠuənˠ/

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)

1. poem
2. song

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

duan

1. Nonstandard spelling of duān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of duǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Frisian

Verb

duān

1. Alternative spelling of dwā

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uən/

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)

1. poem
2. song

Synonyms

• dàn, òran