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salann

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish salann,[1] from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salann m (genitive singular salainn)

  1. salt

Declension

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Declension of salann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative salann
vocative a shalainn
genitive salainn
dative salann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an salann
genitive an tsalainn
dative leis an salann
don salann

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of salann
radical lenition eclipsis
salann shalann
after an, tsalann
not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “salann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 28, page 16
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 25, page 13

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *saleinos (compare Welsh halen), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls, whence also English salt, Latin sāl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salann m (genitive salainn, no plural)

  1. salt

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative salann
vocative salainn
accusative salannN
genitive salainnL
dative salunnL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: salann
  • Manx: sollan
  • Scottish Gaelic: salann

Mutation

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Mutation of salann
radical lenition nasalization
salann ṡalann unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish salann,[1] from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sáls (salt).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪al̪ˠən̪ˠ/

Noun

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salann m (genitive singular salainn, no plural)

  1. salt

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of salann
radical lenition
salann shalann
after "an", t-salann

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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “salann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “salann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC