castan

See also: castán, ĉastan, and častan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare modern Irish castán), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Noun

castan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. chestnut

   Synonyms: castan Spaainagh, cro Spaainagh

Derived terms

• castan ny gabbil (“horse chestnut”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
castan	chastan	gastan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “castán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castaneus (19th century), possibly earlier via Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana). The Aromanian (cãstãnj) and Megleno-Romanian equivalents of the word are likely directly inherited from Latin.

Noun

castan m (plural castani)

1. chestnut tree

Declension

Declension of castan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) castan	castanul	(niște) castani	castanii
genitive/dative	(unui) castan	castanului	(unor) castani	castanilor
vocative	castanule		castanilor

Related terms

• castană
• castaniu

 

References

• castan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish castán (compare modern Irish castán), from Latin castanea or Old French chastaigne (modern French châtaigne), with influence from the native suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰas̪t̪an/

Noun

castan m (genitive singular castain, plural castanan)

1. chestnut (nut)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
castan	chastan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “castan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “castán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language