séanas

See also: seaŋáš

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from séan (“good luck”), due to the folkloric association between having a gap in the front teeth and good luck. (Compare French dents du bonheur, literally "teeth of happiness".)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃeːn̪ˠəsˠ]

Noun

séanas m (genitive singular séanais, nominative plural séanais)

1. gap between the upper front teeth, diastema
2. harelip
3. (linguistics) hiatus (two vowels in sequence without an intervening consonant)

Declension

Declension of séanas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séanas séanais vocative a shéanais a shéanasa genitive séanais séanas dative séanas séanais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séanas na séanais genitive an tséanais na séanas dative leis an séanas don séanas leis na séanais

Mutation

Mutated forms of séanas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séanas	shéanas after an, tséanas	not applicable

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