scannán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cenn (“skin”), with the added diminutive suffix -án and the initial consonants replaced with that of scamall (“cloud”), which also meant something like "membrane".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠkəˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin)

1. (anatomy) film
   1. membrane; pellicle, velum
   2. caul
2. (photography) film
   1. (cinematography) film, motion picture, movie

Declension

Declension of scannán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scannán scannáin vocative a scannáin a scannána genitive scannáin scannán dative scannán scannáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scannán na scannáin genitive an scannáin na scannán dative leis an scannán don scannán leis na scannáin

Derived terms

• aisteoir scannán (“film actor”)
• bun scannáin (“base of film”)
• ceamara scannán (“film camera”)
• cinsire scannán (“film censor”)
• gearrscannán (“short film”)
• micreascannán (“microfilm”)
• nochtadh scannáin (“exposure of film”)
• príomhscannán, scannán lánfhada (“feature film”)
• réalta scannán (“film-star”)
• ríl scannáin (“film reel”)
• rolla scannáin (“roll of film”)
• scannán cainte (“talking film”)
• scannán copóige (“membrane of dock-leaf”)
• scannán doloiscthe (“safety film”)
• scannán faisnéise (“documentary film”)
• scannán mallghluaiste (“slow-motion film”)
• scannán na teanga (“bridle of tongue”)
• scannán nuachta (“news film”)
• scannán ronnach (“mucous membrane”)
• scannán scagach (“porous diaphragm”)
• scannán teagaisc (“educational film”)
• scannán tostach (“silent film”)
• scannán uibhe (“shell membrane of egg”)
• scannánach (“membranous, filmy”, adjective)
• scannánaigh (“film”, verb)
• scannánaíocht f (“(the) cinema; (act of) filming”)
• spól scannáin (“film-spool”)
• teilgeoir scannán (“cine-projector”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: skunnaan (figurative)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scannán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language