seangán
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See also: seangan
Irish
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish sengán.[1] By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) + -án.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of seangán
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- alpaire seangán (“anteater”)
- feirm seangán (“ant farm”)
- lus na seangán (“wall-pepper”)
- nead seangán (“ant-hill”)
- póiríní seangán (“stone-crop”)
- port seangán (“ant-hill”)
- seangán bán (“white ant”)
- seangán capaill (“black ant”)
- seangán coille (“wood ant”)
- seangán dearg (“red ant”)
- seangán tine (“fire ant”)
- seangánach (“full of ants”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seangán | sheangán after an, tseangán |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sengán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seangán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seangán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024