duán

See also: duan, duàn, duān, and duǎn

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

duán m (genitive singular duáin, nominative plural duáin)

1. kidney
2. fishhook

Declension

Declension of duán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative duán duáin Vocative a dhuáin a dhuána Genitive duáin duán Dative duán duáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an duán na duáin Genitive an duáin na nduán Dative leis an duán don duán leis na duáin

Derived terms

• duánach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duán	dhuán	nduán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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