# uan
## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Pronunciation

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### Conjunction

uan
* and

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uən̪ˠ/, /uənˠ/; /uːn̪ˠ/, /uːnˠ/

### 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)
* lamb
    Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan. (proverb)Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.

##### 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 :

##### Derived terms

* uainín

### 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 *ɸowinos (compare Proto-Brythonic *öwɨn which yielded Welsh ewyn, Cornish ewyn, Middle Breton eon and Modern Breton ewon) or possibly *ɸowsinos from Proto-Indo-European *pew(H)-).

#### Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain)
* froth, foam

##### Declension

bare forms
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 :

##### Derived terms

* uanán (“froth”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “uan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uən/
* (Lewis) IPA: [ʊ̃ɑ̃n]

### Noun

uan m (genitive singular uain, plural uain)
* lamb

#### Derived terms

* an t-uan-Càisge (“Paschal Lamb”)
* feòil-uain (“lamb meat”)
* leth-uan (“twin lamb”)
* tabh-uan (“seal pup”)
* uainfheòil (“lamb meat”)
* Uan Dhè (“Lamb of God”)
* uanan (“young lamb, little lamb”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “uan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN