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pinnt

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure), from Latin picta (painted), from Latin pingō (paint, verb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinnt m (plural pinntean)

  1. pint (unit of volume)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of pinnt
radical lenition
pinnt phinnt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap