gân

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筋 (“tendon”, SV: cân). Compare Japanese 筋 (“muscle or tendon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gân • (筋, 荕)

  1. tendon
  2. vein (of a leaf)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from English gan (“the mouth”).[1]

Noun

gân f (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) candidiasis, thrush
    Synonym: llindag

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gân ân ngân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gân

  1. Soft mutation of cân.

Verb

gân

  1. Soft mutation of cân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gân”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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