cóán

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 公案 (kōan), from Chinese 公案 (gōng'àn, “official business”).

Noun

cóán m (genitive singular cóáin, nominative plural cóáin)

1. (Buddhism) koan

Declension

Declension of cóán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cóán cóáin Vocative a chóáin a chóána Genitive cóáin cóán Dative cóán cóáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cóán na cóáin Genitive an chóáin na gcóán Dative leis an gcóán don chóán leis na cóáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cóán	chóán	gcóán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.