|Subject:||Re: unknown name|
|Author:||Domhnall (guest, 22.214.171.124)|
|Date:||May 3, 2004 at 10:36:47 PM|
|Reply to:||unknow name by bob|
"Cuán," and the related name "Conán," are derived from the word 'cú' meaning 'hound,' with the diminutive '-án' suffix added.
Now I have never seen an existing feminine form of either "Cuán" or "Conán," but traditionally '-án' suffixed names are changed into '-nait' suffixes.
This would most likely be rendered "Conait" (dropping the second 'n').
A "Cúnait" form might be possible, but it seems awkward.
Again, I should stress, I've never seen this as a name in use, but it is essentially akin to the morphology of "Aodhnait" or "Damhnait."
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