cuán

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See also: cuan, cuàn, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Aragonese

Adverb

cuán

  1. when

Irish

Pronunciation

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  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Connacht" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkuː.ɑːnˠ/
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Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúán, synchronically analyzable as +‎ -án.

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. diminutive of (hound, greyhound)
Derived terms
  • cuain f (litter of puppies)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Alternative form of cumhán ((fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
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


Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Adverb

cuán

  1. 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!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)