seangan

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán, from seng (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɲẽɣan/, /ˈʃɲĩɣan/, /ˈʃɲɤ̃ɣan/^[1] (corresponding to the form sneaghan)
(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ̃ɣan/^[2]

Noun

seangan m (genitive singular seangain, plural seangain or seanganan)

ant

References

^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

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