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cúán
cúán
Old Irish
Noun
cúán ?
- small dog
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 49b11
- cuán glosses canicula
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 49b11
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- Cúán
Descendants
- Irish: cuán
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cúán | chúán | cúán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “cúán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.