síocháin

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish síthcháin, said to be a compound of síd, síth (peace) and caín (fair, gentle)[1] (modern caoin), though if true, the vowel change of the second element is unexpected.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

  1. peace

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síthcháin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • síocháin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síoṫċáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 647