seascann

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish seiscenn, from seisc (sedge, rushes) (modern seisc).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seascann m (genitive singular seascainn, nominative plural seascainn)

  1. marsh, swamp, bog, fen, morass, slough
    Synonym: portach

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seascann sheascann
after an, tseascann
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. ^ seascann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sescann, seiscenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

Further reading

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