seachrán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sechrán.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxɾˠanˠ/, /ˈʃaxɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

seachrán m (genitive singular seachráin, nominative plural seachráin)

1. aberration (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality; partial alienation of reason)

   Synonym: iomrall

2. delusion (false belief, error in belief), error
3. wandering, straying
4. distraction (mental disorder)

Declension

Declension of seachrán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seachrán seachráin vocative a sheachráin a sheachrána genitive seachráin seachrán dative seachrán seachráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seachrán na seachráin genitive an tseachráin na seachrán dative leis an seachrán don seachrán leis na seachráin

Derived terms

• ar seachrán
• seachránach
• seachránacht
• seachránaí
• seachránaigh
• seachránta

 

Descendants

• → English: shaughraun

Mutation

Mutated forms of seachrán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seachrán	sheachrán after an, tseachrán	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

• “seachrán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seaċrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 623
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN