cuán
Aragonese
Adverb
cuán
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúán, synchronically analyzable as cú + -án.
Noun
cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)
- diminutive of cú (“hound, greyhound”)
Derived terms
- cuán mara m (“sea-urchin”)
Related terms
- cuain f (“litter of puppies”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)
- Alternative form of cumhán (“(fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow”)
Declension
Declension of cuán
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuán | chuán | gcuán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mandarin
Alternative forms
Romanization
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adverb
cuán
- accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Si siguieras mis indicaciones que son las de una madre desinteresada, y se ajustan al criterio de tu padre y a la voluntad de tu santo tío, entonces, querida Gloria, ¡cuán distinta sería tu situación ante Dios y ante los hombres!
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