suíochán
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- suidheacan, suidheachan, suidhecan, suidheocan, suidheochan, suigheachán, suighechan (obsolete)
- suidheachán (superseded)
Etymology
[edit]From suí + -achán (compare Scottish Gaelic suidheachan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]suíochán m (genitive singular suíocháin, nominative plural suíocháin)
- seat
- sitting, session
- seated position
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Chuaidh sé ionns’ ar an rígh ⁊ fuair sé é ar shuidheachán san gharrdha, ⁊ d’iarr sé airgiod air.
- He went unto the king, and found him seated in the garden, and he asked him for some money.
- settled position, established state
Declension
[edit]Declension of suíochán
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suíochán | shuíochán after an, tsuíochán |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suíochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suiḋeaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 702
- “suíochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- “suíochán”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suidechán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suíochán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “suíochán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024