gafann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gasogwona, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ghansogʷona (“goose killer”); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kafənˠ̪/

Noun

gafann m (genitive singular gafainn, no plural)

  1. henbane

Synonyms

References
  1. Carney, J. (1989). Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney. Ireland: An Sagart, p. 460
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