seangán

See also: seangan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán.[1] By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃaŋanˠ/, /ˈʃaŋan̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

  1. ant

Declension

Declension of seangán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seangán seangáin
vocative a sheangáin a sheangána
genitive seangáin seangán
dative seangán seangáin
forms with the definite article
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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sengán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

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