gân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筋 (“tendon”, SV: cân). Compare Japanese 筋 (“muscle or tendon”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣəŋ˧˧]

Noun

gân • (筋, 荕)

1. tendon
2. vein (of a leaf)

Derived terms

• gân cốt
• gân guốc

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːn/

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from English gan (“the mouth”).

Noun

gân f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) candidiasis, thrush

   Synonym: llindag

Mutation

Mutated forms of gân

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gân	ân	ngân	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gân

1. soft mutation of cân

Verb

gân

1. soft mutation of cân

Mutation

Mutated forms of cân

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cân	gân	nghân	chân

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.