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Galician
Etymology
Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as raudane, raudanus, probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raudaz.[1] Cognate with Spanish roano.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)
- auburn
- roan
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán- king Castor, who was atop a good roan horse
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
rua + -án
Noun
ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)
- diminutive of rua
- common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
- buckwheat
- Synonym: lus na gcearc
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)
- Alternative form of rabhán
Mandarin
Romanization
ruán (ruan2, Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄢˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堧
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撋/𰓷