camán

See also: caman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cammán; synchronically cam (“crooked”) +‎ -án

Noun

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
Declension of camán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative camán camáin
Vocative a chamáin a chamána
Genitive camáin camán
Dative camán camáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an camán na camáin
Genitive an chamáin na gcamán
Dative leis an gcamán

don chamán

 leis na camáin

Derived terms
  • camánacht (“(act of) hurley-playing”)
  • camán gall (“chervil”)
  • camán meall, camán míonla (“camomile”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
camán chamán gcamán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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