cadjin

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Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish coitchenn (whence also Irish coiteann and Scottish Gaelic coitcheann), from Old Irish coitchen, from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.[1][2]

Adjective[edit]

cadjin

  1. normal, unexceptional, commonplace
  2. popular, lowbrow
  3. colloquial

Antonyms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cadjin chadjin gadjin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joseph Vendryes, Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien
  2. ^ T. F. O’Rahilly, Ériu 13:158