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camán

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See also: caman

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (crooked) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camán m (genitive singular camáin, nominative plural camáin)

  1. (hurling) hurley, hurl, hurling stick
    Coimeád an camán i do láimh láidir
    Keep the hurley in your strong hand.
  2. (music) quaver

Declension

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Declension of camán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative camán camáin
vocative a chamáin a chamána
genitive camáin camán
dative camán camáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an camán na camáin
genitive an chamáin na gcamán
dative leis an gcamán
don chamán
leis na camáin

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Fingallian: commaan
  • Yola: commaun, commawn, commane, comman

Mutation

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Mutated forms of camán
radical lenition eclipsis
camán chamán gcamán

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

Further reading

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈman/ [kaˈmãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ca‧mán

Noun

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camán m (plural camanes)

  1. Retanilla ephedra, a wiry Chilean shrub.