camán

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (crooked) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camán m (genitive singular camáin, nominative plural camáin)

  1. (hurling) hurley, hurl, hurling stick
    Coimeád an camán i do láimh láidir
    Keep the hurley in your strong hand.
  2. (music) quaver

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Fingallian: commaan
  • Yola: commaun, commawn, commane, comman

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
camán chamán gcamán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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