callán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a borrowing from English call + -án. Compare Scottish Gaelic callan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]callán m (genitive singular calláin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of callán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- callánach (“noisy, loud”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
callán | challán | gcallán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “callán”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “callán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “callán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “callán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79