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cànan

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See also: Canan and cǎn'àn

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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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 or f (genitive singular cànain, nominative 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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Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cànan cànain
genitive cànain chànan
dative cànan cànain; cànanaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cànan (na) cànain
genitive (a') chànain (nan) cànan
dative (a') chànan (na) cànain; cànanaibh1
vocative chànain chànana; chànanaibh

1 archaic or poetic form

Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cànan cànanan
genitive cànain chànanan
dative cànan cànanan; cànanaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cànan (na) cànanan
genitive (a') chànain (nan) cànanan
dative (a') chànan (na) cànanan; cànanaibh1
vocative chànain chànanan; chànanan

1 archaic or poetic form

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of cànan
radical lenition
cànan chànan

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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 117
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 135

Further reading

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MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cànan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN