cuarantain
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cuarantain m (genitive singular cuarantain, plural cuarantain)
- quarantine
Derived terms
- ospadal cuarantain (“quarantine hospital”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cuarantain | chuarantain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |