cuain

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuənʲ/, /kuːnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúan (“litter of pups or other small animals”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)

  1. a litter (of young)
  2. brood
  3. pack; band, company
Declension
Declension of cuain

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuain cuaineanna
Vocative a chuain a chuaineanna
Genitive cuaine cuaineanna
Dative cuain cuaineanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chuain na cuaineanna
Genitive na cuaine na gcuaineanna
Dative leis an gcuain

don chuain

 leis na cuaineanna

Noun

cuain m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cuan (“haven; harbour; place of refuge; bow, curve; bowed, stooped, person”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuain chuain gcuain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “cuain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cuain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúan.

Noun

cuain f (genitive singular cuaine, plural cuainean)

  1. litter of puppies or piglets

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuain m

  1. genitive singular of cuan

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cuainchuain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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