cuán

See also: cuan, cuàn, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Aragonese

Adverb

cuán

  1. when

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kuːˈɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.ɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.ænˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúán. By surface analysis, cú +‎ -án.

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Diminutive of cú (“hound, greyhound”)
Derived terms
  • cuán mara m (“sea-urchin”)
  • cuain f (“litter of puppies”)

Noun

cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)

  1. Alternative form of cumhán (“(fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow”)

Declension
Declension of cuán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuán cuáin
Vocative a chuáin a chuána
Genitive cuáin cuán
Dative cuán cuáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cuán na cuáin
Genitive an chuáin na gcuán
Dative leis an gcuán

don chuán

 leis na cuáin

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

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • cuan — nonstandard

Romanization

cuán (cuan2, Zhuyin ㄘㄨㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劗／𭄛
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巑／𰏁
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攢／攒
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫕
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濽
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹰

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: cuán

Adverb

cuán

  1. accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Si siguieras mis indicaciones que son las de una madre desinteresada, y se ajustan al criterio de tu padre y a la voluntad de tu santo tío, entonces, querida Gloria, ¡cuán distinta sería tu situación ante Dios y ante los hombres!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading
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