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seangán
seangán
See also: seangan
Irish
Etymolgy
From Middle Irish sengán; synchronically analyzable as seang (“thin, slender”) + -án.
Noun
seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)
Declension
Declension of seangán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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.