eanchainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish inchinn, from Old Irish inchinn, from Proto-Celtic *en-kʷennio-. Cognate with Breton empenn, Cornish ympynnyon, Irish inchinn, and Welsh ymennydd.

Pronunciation

Noun

eanchainn f (genitive singular eanchainne, plural eanchainnean)

  1. brain

Derived terms

References

  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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 16
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