seangan

See also: seangán

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)

  1. ant

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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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