seangan

See also: seangán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán, from seng (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈʃɲẽɣan/, /ˈʃɲĩɣan/, /ˈʃɲɤ̃ɣan/[1] (corresponding to the form sneaghan)
  • (North Uist, North Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ̃ɣan/[2]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ̃ŋan/[3]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈʃɲɛ̃ɣan/[4] (corresponding to the form sneaghan)
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛkɑn/[3]

Noun

seangan m (genitive singular seangain, plural seangain or seanganan)

  1. ant

References

  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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 208
  4. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 29
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