cuán
Aragonese
Adverb
cuán
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cúán. By surface analysis, cú + -án.
Noun
cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)
- diminutive of cú (“hound, greyhound”)
Derived terms
- cuán mara m (“sea-urchin”)
Related terms
- cuain f (“litter of puppies”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cuán m (genitive singular cuáin, nominative plural cuáin)
- alternative form of cumhán (“(fit of) lonesomeness; anxiety, sorrow”)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cuán | chuán | gcuán |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- cuan — nonstandard
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劗 / 𭄛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巑 / 𰏁
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攢 / 攒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濽
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹰
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: cuán
Adverb
cuán
- 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
- “cuán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024