Cian

See also: cian, cían, cián, Cían, ĉian, and cía-ŋ

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cían, from cían (“long, distant, lasting”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈciənˠ/

Proper noun

Cian m (genitive Chiain)

  1. A male given name used in Ireland.
  2. (Irish mythology) Son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann and born with a caul on his head. Best known as the father of Lugh Lámhfada by the Fomarian princess Eithne.

Descendants

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Cian Chian gCian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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