radan

See also: Radan, rađan, rădan, and rædan

Finnish

Noun

radan

1. genitive singular of rata

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Verb

rādan

1. to advise

Inflection

Conjugation of rādan (strong class 7)

infinitive	rādan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	rādo, rādon	riet
2nd person singular	rādis	riedi
3rd person singular	rādit	riet
1st person plural	rādun	riedon
2nd person plural	rādit	riedot
3rd person plural	rādunt	riedon
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	rāde	riedi
2nd person singular	rādis	riedi
3rd person singular	rāde	riedi
1st person plural	rādin	riedin
2nd person plural	rādit	riedit
3rd person plural	rādin	riedin
imperative	present
singular	rāt
plural	rādit
participle	present	past
	rādandi	rādan, girādan

Derived terms

• birādan
• farrādan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: râden
  • Dutch: raden
  • Limburgish: raoje

Further reading

• “rādan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to advise”).

Verb

rādan

1. to advise

Conjugation

Conjugation of rādan (strong class 7)

infinitive	rādan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	rādu	rēd
2nd person singular	rādis	rēdi
3rd person singular	rādid	rēd
plural	rādad	rēdun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	rāde	rēdi
2nd person singular	rādes	rēdis
3rd person singular	rāde	rēdi
plural	rāden	rēdin
imperative	present
singular	rād
plural	rādad
participle	present	past
	rādandi	girādan, rādan

Descendants

• Low German: raden

Scottish Gaelic

Radan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots ratton, from Middle English ratoun, itself from Anglo-Norman ratoun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrˠat̪an/
• Hyphenation: ra‧dan

Noun

radan m

1. rat

Declension

Declension of radan (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	radan	radain
genitive	radain	radan
dative	radan	radain; radanaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) radan	(na) radain
genitive	(an) radain	(nan) radan
dative	(an) radan	(na) radain; radanaibh1
vocative	radain	radana; radanaibh

¹ archaic or poetic form

Mutation

Mutation of radan

radical	lenition
radan	unchanged

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

References

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “radan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Mark, Colin (2003), “radan”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 478