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úan

úan

See also: uan

Old Irish

Noun

úan m

lamb

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

Derived terms

úainín ‎(“little lamb, lambkin”)

Descendants

Irish: uan
Manx: eayn
Scottish Gaelic: uan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-, from *pu- ‎(“to swell, blow”).

Noun

úan ?

foam
froth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Noun

úan f

act of lending, loan

Inflection

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

Alternative forms

ón (early?)

Etymology 4

Non-lemma forms.

Pronoun

úan

first-person plural of ó; alternative spelling of úainn ‎(“from us”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úan	unchanged	n-úan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“3 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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