scannán

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cenn (“skin”), with the added diminutive suffix -án and the initial consonants replaced with that of scamall (“cloud”), which also meant something like "membrane".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠkəˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin)

  1. (anatomy) film
    1. membrane; pellicle, velum
    2. caul
  2. (photography) film
    1. (cinematography) film, motion picture, movie

Declension

Declension of scannán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scannán scannáin
Vocative a scannáin a scannána
Genitive scannáin scannán
Dative scannán scannáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an scannán na scannáin
Genitive an scannáin na scannán
Dative leis an scannán

don scannán

leis na scannáin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yola: skunnaan (figurative)

References

  1. ^ Greene, David (1975) “Varia III”, in Ériu‎, volume 26, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 175–181

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