saingeal

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

saingeal m (genitive singular saingil, nominative plural saingil)

1. (architecture, Christianity) chancel

   Synonyms: córlann, preispitéir

Declension

Declension of saingeal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative saingeal saingil vocative a shaingil a shaingeala genitive saingil saingeal dative saingeal saingil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an saingeal na saingil genitive an tsaingil na saingeal dative leis an saingeal don saingeal leis na saingil

Mutation

Mutated forms of saingeal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saingeal	shaingeal after an, tsaingeal	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) “saingeal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “saingeal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “saingeal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025