catán

See also: catan and cățân

Irish

Etymology

cat +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkat̪ˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkat̪ˠænˠ/

Noun

catán m (genitive singular catáin, nominative plural catáin)

1. Synonym of caitín (“kitten; nap of cloth”)

Inflection

Declension of catán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative catán catáin vocative a chatáin a chatána genitive catáin catán dative catán catáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an catán na catáin genitive an chatáin na gcatán dative leis an gcatán don chatán leis na catáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of catán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
catán	chatán	gcatán

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “catán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “catán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “catán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtan/ [kaˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ca‧tán

Noun

catán m (plural catanes)

1. Alternative form of catana

Further reading

• “catán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10