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gann

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gand.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

Declension

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Declension of gann
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gann ghann ngann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gand.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gann

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  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

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Verb

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gann

  1. Alternative form of gaonn
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