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 === (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠkəˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/ === Noun === scannán m (genitive singular scannáin, nominative plural scannáin) (film, photography, etc.) film (most senses) film, motion picture, movie (anatomy, biology, etc.) membrane (most senses) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Yola: skunnaan (figurative) === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scannán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], 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