sìneadh

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sìneadh m (genitive singular sìnidh, plural sìnidhean)

  1. verbal noun of sìn
  2. stretch
  3. extension
  4. prolongation
  5. adjournment
  6. start, beginning
  7. length (of vowel or consonant)

Derived terms
  • sìneadh fada (“long vowel or consonant”)
  • sìneadh geàrr (“short vowel or consonant”)
  • sìneadh meadhanach (“medium-long vowel or consonant”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sìneadhunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sìneadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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