seangán

See also: seangan

Irish

seangáin

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

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

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

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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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