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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish penn (“pen”), borrowed from Latin penna (“feather”).
Pronunciation
Noun
peann m (genitive singular pinn, nominative plural pinn)
- pen
Declension
- Alternative plural: peanna (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| peann
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pheann
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bpeann
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “penn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “peann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 540
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish penn, from Latin penna (“feather”).
Pronunciation
Noun
peann m (genitive singular pinn, plural pinn)
- pen
Declension
Declension of peann (type I masculine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
References
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath