seangan
See also: seangán
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish sengán, from seng (“thin, slender”) + -án. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) + -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈʃɲẽɣan/, /ˈʃɲĩɣan/, /ˈʃɲɤ̃ɣan/[1] (corresponding to the form sneaghan)
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ̃ɣan/[2]
Noun
[edit]seangan m (genitive singular seangain, plural seangain or seanganan)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh