Scottish Gaelic word

cuan

sea, ocean, the deep

nounmasculine

cuan means “sea, ocean, the deep” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	cuan
Sèimheachadh	chuan

Tim Armstrong: Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach

Tha an Cuan Innseanach san earra-dheas na dùthcha.

Tha an Cuan Siar san iar na dùthcha agus Cuan na h-Éireann san ear.

Seorsa eun a bhios beò aig, no faisg air, an cuan.

Eadar-dhealaichidh an Cuan Sgitheanach na h-Eileanan Siar agus na h-Eileanan a-staigh.

DescriptionsNature

abhainn

river, stream

aitreabh

building, complex, dwelling

banaltram

nurse, nanny, foster-mother

bathar

goods; merchandise

beagan

a few, a small number

bealach

defile, passage, pass or gorge of a mountain, glen

beinn

mountain, hill

beithe

birch

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