gafann

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gafann.

Pronunciation

Noun

gafann f (genitive singular gafainne)

  1. henbane

Declension

Declension of gafann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gafann gafanna
Vocative a ghafann a ghafanna
Genitive gafainne gafann
Dative gafann
gafainn (archaic, dialectal) 		gafanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghafann na gafanna
Genitive na gafainne na ngafann
Dative leis an ngafann
leis an ngafainn (archaic, dialectal)

don ghafann
don ghafainn (archaic, dialectal)

leis na gafanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gafann ghafann ngafann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gafann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 109

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gahoɣwon, from Proto-Celtic *gasogʷonā, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂n̥so-gʷʰon-éh₂ (“goose killer”); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.

Pronunciation

Noun

gafann f (genitive gafainne, no plural)

  1. henbane

Descendants

  • Irish: gafann
  • Scottish Gaelic: gafann, gabhann, gagan

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gafann gafann
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngafann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Williams, N. J. A. (1989) Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, Maynooth: An Sagart, page 460

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gafann.

Pronunciation

Noun

gafann m (genitive singular gafainn, no plural)

  1. henbane

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gafann ghafann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gafann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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