seangán

See also: seangan

Irish

seangáin

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaŋanˠ/, /ˈʃaŋan̪ˠ/

Noun

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of seangán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seangán seangáin vocative a sheangáin a sheangána genitive seangáin seangán dative seangán seangáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seangán na seangáin genitive an tseangáin na seangán dative leis an seangán don seangán leis na seangáin

Derived terms

• alpaire seangán (“anteater”)
• feirm seangán (“ant farm”)
• lus na seangán (“wall-pepper”)
• nead seangán (“ant-hill”)
• póiríní seangán (“stone-crop”)
• port seangán (“ant-hill”)
• seangán bán (“white ant”)
• seangán capaill (“black ant”)
• seangán coille (“wood ant”)
• seangán dearg (“red ant”)
• seangán tine (“fire ant”)
• seangánach (“full of ants”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of seangán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seangán	sheangán after an, tseangán	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) “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seangán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seangán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024