seangán

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Irish

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seangáin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

  1. ant

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seangán sheangán
after an, tseangán
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), “sengán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

Further reading

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