sicín

Irish

Etymology

From English chicken, assimilated to the suffix -ín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪciːnʲ/

Noun

sicín m (genitive singular sicín, nominative plural sicíní)

1. chicken (bird)

   Synonym: cearc

2. chick (baby chicken)

   Synonyms: éan, éan circe

3. chicken (meat)

   Synonym: circeoil

Declension

Declension of sicín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sicín sicíní vocative a shicín a shicíní genitive sicín sicíní dative sicín sicíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sicín na sicíní genitive an tsicín na sicíní dative leis an sicín don sicín leis na sicíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of sicín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sicín	shicín after an, tsicín	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sicín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 638
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sicín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sicín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sicín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025