"cúan" meaning in Middle Irish

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Noun

Etymology: From Old Irish cúan. Etymology templates: {{inh|mga|sga|cúan}} Old Irish cúan Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||||||||||||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cúan f, {{mga-noun|f}} cúan f
  1. litter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-~0pB9qpi Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dogs Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 6 6 6 33 17 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 4 4 4 23 12 19 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 4 4 4 4 17 17 17 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Dogs: 26 6 6 6 6 26 26
  2. pack Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-SGL0R~LH
  3. band Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-ZfFc6P7i
  4. family Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-00pWmreq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cúan [error-unrecognized-form], chúan [error-unrecognized-form], cúan
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”). Etymology templates: {{root|mga|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*kawnos}} Proto-Celtic *kawnos, {{inh|mga|ine-pro|*kapnós}} Proto-Indo-European *kapnós Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||||||||||||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cúan m, {{mga-noun|m}} cúan m
  1. bay Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-oh384sJz
  2. gulf Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-aC6XY9Qx Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dogs, Landforms Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 6 6 6 33 17 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 4 4 4 23 12 19 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 4 4 4 4 17 17 17 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Dogs: 26 6 6 6 6 26 26 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 3 3 3 3 38 27
  3. harbour Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cúan-mga-noun-qnT2~QO~ Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dogs Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 6 6 6 33 17 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 4 4 4 23 12 19 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 4 4 4 4 17 17 17 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Dogs: 26 6 6 6 6 26 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for cúan meaning in Middle Irish (4.4kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cúan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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  "section": "Middle Irish",
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  "title": "cúan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
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  "title": "cúan",
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}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for cúan",
  "path": [
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}

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