cànan

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See also: Canan and cǎn'àn

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Derived from a long vowel form of cainnt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cànan m (genitive singular cànain, plural cànain or cànanan)

  1. language
    • 1986, Aonghas MacNeacail, “Thug Thu Dhomh Samhradh”, in The Avoiding And Other Poems; republished as An Aghaidh Na Sìorraidheachd / In The Face Of Eternity, 1991, page 124:
      ach m' aideachd àigheach-sa
      anns gach cànan a labhras daoine bidh
      d'ainm air gach teanga,
      pròiseil, prìseil
      's tu mo chànan bheag sheang
      but I proclaim exultantly
      in all the languages of men,
      your name will be on every tongue,
      proud, priceless
      you are my small slender language

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cànan chànan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cànan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN