scannán

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

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkəˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin)

(film, photography, etc.) film (most senses)
1. film, motion picture, movie
(anatomy, biology, etc.) membrane (most senses)

Declension

Declension of scannán (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	scannán	scannáin
vocative	a scannáin	a scannána
genitive	scannáin	scannán
dative	scannán	scannáin

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an scannán	na scannáin
genitive	an scannáin	na scannán
dative	leis an scannán don scannán	leis na scannáin

Derived terms

gearrscannán (“short film”)
micreascannán (“microfilm”)
príomhscannán (“feature film”)
réalta scannán (“film star”)
scannán cainte (“talking film”)
scannán lánfhada (“feature film”)
scannán ronnach (“mucous membrane”)
scannán tostach (“silent film”)
scannánach (“membranous, filmy”)
scannánaigh (“to film”)
scannánaíocht f (“(the) cinema; (act of) filming”)
teilgeoir scannán (“film projector”)

Descendants

→ Yola: skunnaan (figurative)

References

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