cóán

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 公案 (kōan), from Chinese 公案 (gōng'àn, “official business”).

Noun

cóán m (genitive singular cóáin, nominative plural cóáin)

  1. (Buddhism) koan

Declension
Declension of cóán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cóán cóáin
Vocative a chóáin a chóána
Genitive cóáin cóán
Dative cóán cóáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cóán na cóáin
Genitive an chóáin na gcóán
Dative leis an gcóán

don chóán

 leis na cóáin

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