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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Northern French Jeanette (compare Irish Sinéad).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Seònaid f (genitive Seònaid, vocative a Sheònaid, diminutive Seonag)
- a female given name from Old French, equivalent to English Janet
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh