scannán
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish scannán (“pellicle, membrane”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin)
- (anatomy) film
- (photography) film
- (cinematography) film, motion picture, movie
Declension[edit]
Declension of scannán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- aisteoir scannán (“film actor”)
- bun scannáin (“base of film”)
- ceamara scannán (“film camera”)
- cinsire scannán (“film censor”)
- 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[edit]
- → Yola: skunnaan (figurative)
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scannán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language