Rúadán
Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive); synchronically rúad (“red, reddish”) + -án.
Proper noun
Rúadán m
- (Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Brigit and Bres.
- a male given name.
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúadán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language