gann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gand.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

gann (genitive singular feminine gainne, plural ganna, comparative gainne)

  1. sparse, thin
  2. scarce, scant, rare

Declension

Declension of gann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gann ghann ganna;
ghanna2
vocative ghann ganna
genitive gainne ganna gann
dative gann;
ghann1 		ghann;
ghann (archaic) 		ganna;
ghanna2
Comparative níos gainne
Superlative is gainne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gann
radical lenition eclipsis
gann ghann ngann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gand”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaun̪ˠ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ɡ̊ãʊ̃n̪ˠ][1]

Adjective

gann

  1. sparse, thin
  2. scarce, scant, rare

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gann
radical lenition
gann ghann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ 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

Vilamovian

Verb

gann

  1. alternative form of gaonn
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