ruán

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• arroán, roán

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as raudane, raudanus, probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with Spanish roano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruˈaŋ]

Adjective

ruán (feminine ruana, masculine plural ruáns, feminine plural ruanas)

1. auburn
2. roan
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:

     El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán

     king Castor, who was atop a good roan horse

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɾˠuː.ɑːnˠ]

Etymology 1

rua +‎ -án

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. diminutive of rua
2. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
3. buckwheat

   Synonym: lus na gcearc

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”)

Related terms

• ruánach

Etymology 2

Noun

ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

1. Alternative form of rabhán

Mandarin

Romanization

ruán (ruan², Zhuyin ㄖㄨㄢˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堧
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壖
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撋 / 𰓷