camán

See also: caman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (“crooked”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmaːn/

Noun

camán m (genitive singular camáin, nominative plural camáin)

1. (hurling) hurley, hurl, hurling stick

   Coimeád an camán i do láimh láidir

   Keep the hurley in your strong hand.

2. (music) quaver

Declension

Declension of camán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative camán camáin Vocative a chamáin a chamána Genitive camáin camán Dative camán camáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an camán na camáin Genitive an chamáin na gcamán Dative leis an gcamán don chamán leis na camáin

Derived terms

• camán gall (“chervil”)
• camán meall, camán míonla (“camomile”)
• camánacht (“(act of) hurley-playing”)

 

Related terms

• camógaíocht (“camogie”)
• iomáin, iomáint, iománaíocht (“hurling”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: commaun, commawn, commane, comman

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
camán	chamán	gcamán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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