uan

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Conjunction

uan

  1. and.

Further reading

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, nominative plural uain)

  1. lamb
    Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
    Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
Declension
Declension of uan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uan uain
Vocative a uain a uana
Genitive uain uan
Dative uan uain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uan na huain
Genitive an uain na n-uan
Dative leis an uan

don uan

 leis na huain

Etymology 2

From Old Irish auen, uan (“foam”) (compare Modern Irish variants obhan, odhan, othan,[1] which all reflect the early Old Irish pronunciation of auen as a disyllabic word before loss of hiatus original caused by loss of *w.) from Proto-Celtic *fowino- (compare Proto-Brythonic *owin which yielded Welsh ewyn, Cornish Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon) or possibly *fowsino- from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-)[2] .

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain)

  1. froth, foam
Declension
Declension of uan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative uan
Vocative a uain
Genitive uain
Dative uan

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-uan
Genitive an uain
Dative leis an uan

don uan

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uan n-uan huan t-uan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla (Irish-English Dictionary), Pádraig S. Dineen, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1996 (first published 1927), p.1286
  2. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, Ranko Matasović, Leiden/Boston, 2009, p.138

Further reading
  • "uan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “uan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “uan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

  1. lamb

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uann-uanh-uant-uan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “2 úan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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