cànan

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See also: Canan and cǎn'àn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Derived from a long vowel form of cainnt.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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 chànain chànana

✝ obsolete form, 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 chànain chànanan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

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