dán

dán1, m. (gs. dáin, lit:~a; pl. ~ta). 1. Lit: Gift, offering. 2. Lit: Craft, calling: allotted task. 3. Art, faculty; art of poetry. ~ draíochta, druidic art. ~ ceoil, art of music. Fear ~a, minstrel, poet. ~ diaga, sacred poetry. ~ díreach, (Irish) syllabic poetry. ~ saor, vers libre. 4. Poem. ~ grá, love poem. ~ a chumadh, to compose a poem. 5. Lot, fate. ~ de dhánta an tsaoil, one of the things that life has in store for us. Más é a dhán é, if it be his fate. An té ar ~ dó an donas, he who is condemned to misery. Ba é an ~ doiligh leis imeacht, he bemoaned his fate that he had to go, was most reluctant to go. I n~ (do), fated, in store (for). An rud atá i n~ dúinn, what is in store for us. Bhí an bás i n~ dó, he was fated to die. Ní hé a bhí i n~ dó, it was not to happen to him. Bhí sé i n~ is i dtairngreacht (go), it was fated and foretold (that). Má tá i n~ (is) go, if it turns out that. Dá mba i n~ (is) go, if it should happen that. Mura i n~ is nach bhfeicfinn arís é, in case I shouldn’t see him again. (Var:pl. ~a)

Traducindo

dán1 1. Lit: Agasallo, ofrenda. 2.  Artesanía, chamada: tarefa asignada. 3. Arte, facultade; arte da poesía. ~ draíochta, arte druídica. ~ ceoil, arte da música. ~ diaga, poesía sagrada. ~ díreach, poesía silábica (irlandesa). ~ saor, poema libre. 4. Poema. ~ grá, poema de amor. ~ a chumadh, para compoñer un poema. 5. Moito, destino.

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O apelido Dans, do que hai catro ou cinco exemplos na Galipedia coma Rosalía Dans, poderían ter ese orixe de Poema ou Artista. En varios csos deles, realmente, o son, son artistas.