pinnt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰĩːɲtʲ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [pʰẽ̠ĩɲd̥ʲ][1]

Noun

pinnt m (plural pinntean)

  1. pint (unit of volume)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of pinnt
radical lenition
pinnt phinnt

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
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