Sinn Féin

See also: Sinn Fein

English

Alternative forms

• Sinn Fein

Etymology

From Irish Sinn Féin (literally “we ourselves”) from sinn (“we, us”) +‎ féin (“-self, -selves”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shĭn fān', IPA^(key): /ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/

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Proper noun

Sinn Féin

1. (Irish politics) An Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland.
   • 2020 February 13, “Ireland: Fianna Fáil rules out coalition with Sinn Féin”, in The Guardian‎^[1], sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:

     Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.

Translations

Irish political party

• Irish: Sinn Féin
• Swedish: Sinn Féin

Irish

Etymology

From sinn +‎ féin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪnʲ heːnʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ fʲeːnʲ/

Proper noun

Sinn Féin (genitive Shinn Féin)

1. (Irish politics) Sinn Fein

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sinn Féin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sinn Féin	Shinn Féin after an, tSinn Féin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sinn Féin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sinn Féin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Sinn Féin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024