ruán

See also: ruan, Ruan, ruàn, Ruán, ruǎn, ruan2, and ruan3

Irish

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɾˠuː.ɑːnˠ]

Etymology 1

rua +‎ -án

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

Declension

Declension of ruán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruán	ruáin
Vocative	a ruáin	a ruána
Genitive	ruáin	ruán
Dative	ruán	ruáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ruán	na ruáin
Genitive	an ruáin	na ruán
Dative	leis an ruán don ruán	leis na ruáin

Alternative forms

ruadhán (obsolete)

Derived terms

ruán aille (“sparrow-hawk”)
ruán beag (“small tortoise-shell butterfly”)
ruán alla (“spider”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

Alternative form of rabhán

Mandarin

Romanization

ruán (Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄢˊ)

Pinyin transcription of 堧
Pinyin transcription of 壖
Pinyin transcription of 撋

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