Adjective: roán
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | roán |
| Singular f. | roá |
| Plural m. | roáns |
| Plural f. | roás |
Sample Sentences
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El rrey Cástor, que sij́a sobre hũ bon caualo rroán (king Castor, who was atop a good roan horse) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:]
Adjectives inflected like roán
rebordán,
ferrolán,
nugallán,
catalán,
castelán,
musulmán,
afgán,
buxán,
van,
temperán,
cristián,
ancián,
alemán,
livián,
louzán,
marrán,
ourensán,
cotián,
turcomán,
otomán, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as raudanus, probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”)), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with Spanish roano. See: Spanish Adjectives '
roano'.
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