Conán

See also: Conan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann). By surface analysis, con- (“dog”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Conán m (genitive Conáin)

  1. a male given name from Primitive Irish

Declension

Declension of Conán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Conán
vocative a Chonáin
genitive Conáin
dative Conán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Conán
genitive an Chonáin
dative leis an gConán
don Chonán

Derived terms

  • béile Chonáin (“gargantuan meal”)
  • liúradh Chonáin (“severe beating”)

Descendants

  • → English: Conan

Mutation

Mutated forms of Conán
radical lenition eclipsis
Conán Chonán gConán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 224

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Conán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1330; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Conán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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