"Caingis" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Scottish Gaelic]

IPA: /ˈkʰɛɲcɪʃ/ Forms: a' Chaingis [canonical, feminine], Caingis [genitive]
Etymology: From Middle Irish cengciges, from Vulgar Latin *cīnquāgēsima, from Latin quīnquāgēsima (literally “fiftieth”), as Whitsun is the fiftieth day of the Easter season. Etymology templates: {{der|gd|mga|cengciges}} Middle Irish cengciges, {{der|gd|VL.|*cīnquāgēsima}} Vulgar Latin *cīnquāgēsima, {{der|gd|la|quīnquāgēsima|lit=fiftieth}} Latin quīnquāgēsima (literally “fiftieth”), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “cingciges”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|gd|proper noun|genitive|Caingis|g=f|head=a' Chaingis}} a' Chaingis f (genitive Caingis)
  1. Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsunday
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