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casan
casan
See also: casán
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
Noun
casan m (genitive singular casain, plural casanan)
- the supporting beam of a house top
- path, road, footpath
- treadles of a loom
- prickle
- post or stick inside a wall
Derived terms
- taigh chasan (“a house built of wattle-work”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰas̪ən/
Noun
casan f pl
- plural of cas
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)