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uan
uan
Irish
Noun
uan m (genitive singular uain, nominative plural uain)
- lamb
- Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
- Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
- Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
Declension
Declension of uan
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uan | n-uan | huan | t-uan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “2 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnos (“lamb”).
Noun
uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)
Derived terms
References
- “2 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.