Borrowed fromLatincastaneus (19th century), possibly earlier viaAncient Greekκᾰ́στᾰνᾰ(kắstănă). The Aromanian (cãstãnj) and Megleno-Romanian equivalents of the word are likely directly inherited from Latin.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | castan | castanul | castani | castanii | |
| genitive-dative | castan | castanului | castani | castanilor | |
| vocative | castanule | castanilor | |||
FromOld Irishcastán (compare modernIrishcastán), fromLatincastanea orOld Frenchchastaigne (modernFrenchchâtaigne), with influence from the native suffix-án.
castan m (genitive singularcastain,pluralcastanan)
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| castan | chastan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.