scannán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cenn (“skin”), with the added diminutive suffix -án and the initial consonants replaced with that of scamall (“cloud”), which also meant something like "membrane".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠkəˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin)

1. (anatomy) film
   1. membrane; pellicle, velum
   2. caul
2. (photography) film
   1. (cinematography) film, motion picture, movie

Declension

Declension of scannán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scannán scannáin Vocative a scannáin a scannána Genitive scannáin scannán Dative scannán scannáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an scannán na scannáin Genitive an scannáin na scannán Dative leis an scannán don scannán leis na scannáin

Derived terms

• aisteoir scannán (“film actor”)
• bun scannáin (“base of film”)
• ceamara scannán (“film camera”)
• cinsire scannán (“film censor”)
• gearrscannán (“short film”)
• micreascannán (“microfilm”)
• nochtadh scannáin (“exposure of film”)
• príomhscannán, scannán lánfhada (“feature film”)
• réalta scannán (“film-star”)
• ríl scannáin (“film reel”)
• rolla scannáin (“roll of film”)
• scannán cainte (“talking film”)
• scannán copóige (“membrane of dock-leaf”)
• scannán doloiscthe (“safety film”)
• scannán faisnéise (“documentary film”)
• scannán mallghluaiste (“slow-motion film”)
• scannán na teanga (“bridle of tongue”)
• scannán nuachta (“news film”)
• scannán ronnach (“mucous membrane”)
• scannán scagach (“porous diaphragm”)
• scannán teagaisc (“educational film”)
• scannán tostach (“silent film”)
• scannán uibhe (“shell membrane of egg”)
• scannánach (“membranous, filmy”, adjective)
• scannánaigh (“film”, verb)
• scannánaíocht f (“(the) cinema; (act of) filming”)
• spól scannáin (“film-spool”)
• teilgeoir scannán (“cine-projector”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: skunnaan (figurative)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scannán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language