duan

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See also: Duan, duán, duàn, duān, and duǎn

English

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Etymology

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From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, feast, celebration), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, cost), Old Norse tafn (sacrificial animal) and Latin damnum (damage)), from *deh₂p- (to sacrifice).

Noun

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duan (plural duans)

  1. A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
    • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
      Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan
  2. A poem or song.

References

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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduan/, [ˈduː.än]

Verb

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duan

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of dua

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈduan]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uan
  • Hyphenation: du‧an

Adjective

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duan

  1. accusative singular of dua

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, feast, celebration), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, cost), Old Norse tafn (sacrificial animal) and Latin damnum (damage)), from *deh₂p- (to sacrifice).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠuən̪ˠ/, /d̪ˠuənˠ/

Noun

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duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)

  1. poem
  2. song

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duan dhuan nduan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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duan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of duān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of duǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of duàn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Frisian

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Verb

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duān

  1. Alternative spelling of dwā

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, feast, celebration), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, cost), Old Norse tafn (sacrificial animal) and Latin damnum (damage)), from *deh₂p- (to sacrifice).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)

  1. poem
  2. song

Synonyms

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