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gafann

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gafann.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gafann f (genitive singular gafainne)

  1. henbane

Declension

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Declension of gafann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gafann gafanna
Vocative a ghafann a ghafanna
Genitive gafainne gafann
Dative gafann
gafainn (archaic, dialectal) 		gafanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghafann na gafanna
Genitive na gafainne na ngafann
Dative leis an ngafann
leis an ngafainn (archaic, dialectal)

don ghafann
don ghafainn (archaic, dialectal)

leis na gafanna

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gafann ghafann ngafann
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), “gafann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 109

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gahoɣwon, from Proto-Celtic *gasogʷonā, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂n̥so-gʷʰon-éh₂ (“goose killer”); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gafann f (genitive gafainne, no plural)

  1. henbane

Descendants

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  • Irish: gafann
  • Scottish Gaelic: gafann, gabhann, gagan

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gafann gafann
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngafann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Williams, N. J. A. (1989) Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, Maynooth: An Sagart, page 460

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gafann.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gafann m (genitive singular gafainn, no plural)

  1. henbane

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of gafann
radical lenition
gafann ghafann

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gafann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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