ruán
Galician
Alternative forms
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.[1] Cognate with Spanish roano.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)
- auburn
- roan
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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
- El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “roano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Noun
ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)
Declension
Declension of ruán
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)
- Alternative form of rabhán
Mandarin
Romanization
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