uan

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Conjunction

uan

1. and.

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, nominative plural uain)

1. lamb

   Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.

   Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.

Declension

Declension of uan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uan uain Vocative a uain a uana Genitive uain uan Dative uan uain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uan na huain Genitive an uain na n-uan Dative leis an uan don uan leis na huain

Etymology 2

From Old Irish auen, uan (“foam”) (compare Modern Irish variants obhan, odhan, othan, which all reflect the early Old Irish pronunciation of auen as a disyllabic word before loss of hiatus original caused by loss of *w.) from Proto-Celtic *fowino- (compare Proto-Brythonic *owin which yielded Welsh ewyn, Cornish Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon) or possibly *fowsino- from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-) .

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain)

1. froth, foam

Declension

Declension of uan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uan Vocative a uain Genitive uain Dative uan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-uan Genitive an uain Dative leis an uan don uan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uan	n-uan	huan	t-uan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úan, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uən/

Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)

1. lamb

Derived terms

• feòil-uain

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uan	n-uan	h-uan	t-uan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language