úan

úan

See also: uan

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːa̯n/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ognos (compare Welsh oen), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

úan m

1. 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 ?

1. foam
2. froth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

úan f

1. 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

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronoun

úan

1. 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.