cuain
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuənʲ/, /kuːnʲ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúan (“litter of pups or other small animals”).
Alternative forms
- cuan
Noun
cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)
- a litter (of young)
- brood
- pack; band, company
Declension
Declension of cuain
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Noun
cuain m
- vocative/genitive singular of cuan (“haven; harbour; place of refuge; bow, curve; bowed, stooped, person”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuain | chuain | gcuain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cuain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúan.
Noun
cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, plural cuainean)
- litter of puppies or piglets
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cuain m
- genitive singular of cuan
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cuain | chuain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language