úan

See also: uan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• huan, húan, uan

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	úan	úanL	úainL
Vocative	úain	úanL	úanuH
Accusative	úanN	úanL	úanuH
Genitive	úainL	úan	úanN
Dative	úanL	úanaib	úanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: uan
• Manx: eayn
• Scottish Gaelic: uan

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan “lamb””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pow-ino-, from *pu- (“to swell, blow”).

Noun

úan ?

1. foam
2. froth

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úan “foam, froth””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 3

See the verb oidid

Noun

úan f

1. act of lending, loan

Alternative forms

• ón (early?)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 úan “lending, loan””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 4

Univerbation of úa (“from”) +‎ sinn (“us”)

Pronoun

úan

1. first-person plural of úa; alternative spelling of úainn

Etymology 5

Univerbation of úa (“from”) +‎ in (“the”, dative singular)

Article

úan

1. from/of/by the (dative singular)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úan (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-úan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.