uan

See also: UAN, úan, and ūan

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Conjunction

uan

1. and

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uən̪ˠ/, /uənˠ/; /uːn̪ˠ/, /uːnˠ/

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. (proverb)

   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

Derived terms

• uainín

Etymology 2

From Old Irish auen, uan (“foam”) (compare Modern Irish variants obhan, odhan, othan, 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 *ɸowinos (compare Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn which yielded Welsh ewyn, Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon) or possibly *ɸowsinos from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-).

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

Derived terms

• uanán (“froth”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uən/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ʊ̃ɑ̃n]

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

1. lamb

Derived terms

• an t-uan-Càisge (“Paschal Lamb”)
• feòil-uain (“lamb meat”)
• leth-uan (“twin lamb”)
• tabh-uan (“seal pup”)
• uainfheòil (“lamb meat”)
• Uan Dhè (“Lamb of God”)
• uanan (“young lamb, little lamb”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uan	n-uan	h-uan	t-uan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN