ruán

See also: ruan, Ruan, ruàn, Ruán, ruǎn, ruan2, and ruan3

Galician

Alternative forms

• arroán, roán

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as raudane, raudanus, probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with Spanish roano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruˈaŋ]

Adjective

ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)

1. auburn
2. roan
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:

     El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán

     king Castor, who was atop a good roan horse

References

• “roan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “roan” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ruán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ruán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ruán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɾˠuː.ɑːnˠ]

Etymology 1

rua +‎ -án

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. Diminutive of rua
2. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
3. buckwheat

Declension

Declension of ruán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ruán ruáin Vocative a ruáin a ruána Genitive ruáin ruán Dative ruán ruáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ruán na ruáin Genitive an ruáin na ruán Dative leis an ruán don ruán leis na ruáin

Alternative forms

• ruadhán (obsolete)

Derived terms

• ruán aille (“sparrow-hawk”)
• ruán beag (“small tortoise-shell butterfly”)
• ruán alla (“spider”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. Alternative form of rabhán

Mandarin

Romanization

ruán (ruan², Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄢˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堧
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壖
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撋／𰓷