Ruadhán
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Rúadán, from Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive); synchronically ruadh (“red, auburn”) + -án.
Proper noun
Ruadhán m (genitive Ruadháin)
- a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Rowan.
- (Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Bríd.
Declension
Declension of Ruadhán
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish
- Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Irish terms suffixed with -án
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish given names
- Irish male given names
- Irish male given names from Old Irish
- ga:Irish mythology
- Irish first-declension nouns