síocháin
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish síthcháin, said to be a compound of síd, síth (“peace”) and caín (“fair, gentle”)[1] (modern caoin), though if true, the vowel change of the second element is unexpected.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)
Declension
[edit]Declension of síocháin
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
síocháin | shíocháin after an, tsíocháin |
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), “síthcháin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- “síocháin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síoṫċáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 647