cànan

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See also: Canan and cǎn'àn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Derived from a long vowel form of cainnt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːnan/

Noun

cànan m (genitive singular cànain, plural cànain or cànanan)

language
- 1986, Aonghas MacNeacail, “Thug Thu Dhomh Samhradh”, in The Avoiding And Other Poems; republished as An Aghaidh Na Sìorraidheachd / In The Face Of Eternity, 1991, page 124:
  ach m' aideachd àigheach-sa
  anns gach cànan a labhras daoine bidh
  d'ainm air gach teanga, pròiseil, prìseil
  's tu mo chànan bheag sheang
  but I proclaim exultantly
  in all the languages of men,
  your name will be on every tongue, proud, priceless
  you are my small slender language

Declension

Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cànan	cànain
Genitive	cànain	chànan
Dative	cànan	cànain; cànanaibh^✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) cànan	(na) cànain
Genitive	(a') chànain	(nan) cànan
Dative	(a') chànan	(na) cànain; cànanaibh^✝
Vocative	chànain	chànana

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of cànan (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cànan	cànanan
Genitive	cànain	chànanan
Dative	cànan	cànanan; cànanaibh^✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) cànan	(na) cànanan
Genitive	(a') chànain	(nan) cànanan
Dative	(a') chànan	(na) cànanan; cànanaibh^✝
Vocative	chànain	chànanan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cànan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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