cànan

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See also: Canan and cǎn'àn

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from a long vowel form of cainnt.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cànan m (genitive singular cànain, 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[edit]

Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative cànan cànain
Genitive cànain chànan
Dative cànan cànain; cànanaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) cànan (na) cànain
Genitive (a') chànain (nan) cànan
Dative (a') chànan (na) cànain; cànanaibh*
Vocative (a) chànain (a) chànana

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative cànan cànanan
Genitive cànain chànanan
Dative cànan cànanan; cànanaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) cànan (na) cànanan
Genitive (a') chànain (nan) cànanan
Dative (a') chànan (na) cànanan; cànanaibh*
Vocative (a) chànain (a) chànanan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cànan chànan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cànan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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