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casán

casán

See also: casan

Irish

Noun

casán m ‎(genitive singular casáin, nominative plural casáin)

Obsolete spelling of cosán

Declension

Declension of casán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	casán	casáin
Vocative	a chasáin	a chasána
Genitive	casáin	casán
Dative	casán	casáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an casán	na casáin
Genitive	an chasáin	na gcasán
Dative	leis an gcasán don chasán	leis na casáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casán	chasán	gcasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly cos ‎(“foot”) +‎ -án.

Alternative forms

cosán

Noun

casán m

path, footpath

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: cosán
Manx: cassan
Scottish Gaelic: casan

Etymology 2

Noun

casán m

fastener or ornament for a cloak

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
casán	chasán	casán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.