sionnach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈn̪ˠɑx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪn̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

sionnach m (genitive singular sionnaigh, nominative plural sionnaigh)

1. fox

   Synonyms: madadh rua, madra rua

Declension

Declension of sionnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sionnach sionnaigh Vocative a shionnaigh a shionnacha Genitive sionnaigh sionnach Dative sionnach sionnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sionnach na sionnaigh Genitive an tsionnaigh na sionnach Dative leis an sionnach don sionnach leis na sionnaigh

Derived terms

• sionnach mara

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sionnach	shionnach after an, tsionnach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Seo sionnach Sasannach.

Etymology

From Middle Irish sinnach, from Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃun̪ˠəx/

Noun

sionnach m

1. fox
2. bellows, valve

Declension

Declension of sionnach (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sionnach	sionnaich
Genitive	sionnaich	shionnach
Dative	sionnach	sionnaich; sionnachaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) sionnach	(na) sionnaich
Genitive	(an) t-sionnaich	(nan) sionnach
Dative	(an) t-sionnach	(na) sionnaich; sionnachaibh✝
Vocative	shionnaich	shionnacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• (fox): madadh-ruadh

Derived terms

• pìob-shionnaich
• sionnach ann an craiceann na caorach
• sionnach-boireann
• sionnachair
• sionnachan

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sionnach	shionnach after "an", t-sionnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “sionnach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 529