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Etymology
From Old Irish coitchenn (whence also Irish coiteann and Scottish Gaelic coitcheann), from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
cadjin
- normal, unexceptional, commonplace
- popular, lowbrow
- colloquial
Antonyms
Mutation
References
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique
- ^ O’Rahilly, T. F. (1942) “Notes, Mainly Etymological”, in Ériu, volume 13, page 158