síneadh fada

Irish

Noun

síneadh fada m (genitive singular sínidh fhada, nominative plural síntí fada)

1. (linguistics, orthography, typography) acute accent (used in Irish to indicate a long vowel)

   Synonym: agúid

Mutation

Mutated forms of síneadh fada

radical	lenition	eclipsis
síneadh fada	shíneadh fada after an, tsíneadh fada	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síneadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “síneadh fada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “síneadh fada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025