cathan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cadan (compare Irish cadhan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰahan/

Noun

cathan m (genitive singular cathain, plural cathain)

1. barnacle goose

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cathan m pl

1. plural of cath

Mutation

Mutation of cathan

radical	lenition
cathan	chathan

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cadan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language