cuán

See also: cuan, cuàn, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Aragonese

Adverb

cuán

1. when

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːˈɑːn̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ɑːnˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ænˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúán, synchronically analyzable as cú +‎ -án.

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

1. diminutive of cú (“hound, greyhound”)

Derived terms

• cuán mara m (“sea-urchin”)

Related terms

• cuain f (“litter of puppies”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

1. Alternative form of cumhán (“(fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow”)

Declension

Declension of cuán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuán cuáin Vocative a chuáin a chuána Genitive cuáin cuán Dative cuán cuáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuán na cuáin Genitive an chuáin na gcuán Dative leis an gcuán don chuán leis na cuáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuán	chuán	gcuán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Mandarin

Romanization

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]

Adverb

cuán

1. Accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory).