scamhán
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish scam (“lungs”) + -án
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠkãuwænʲ/
Noun
scamhán m (genitive singular scamháin, nominative plural scamháin)
- Ulster form of scamhóg (“lung”)
Declension
Declension of scamhán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Further reading
- “scamhán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scamán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “scaṁán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "scamhán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33