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seangán

seangán

See also: seangan

Irish

seangáin

Etymolgy

From Middle Irish sengán; synchronically analyzable as seang (thin, slender) + -án.

Noun

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

  1. ant

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seangán sheangán
after an, tseangán
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • sengán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “seangán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "seangán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.