sícigineach

Irish

Etymology

From síci- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

sícigineach (genitive singular masculine síciginigh, genitive singular feminine síciginí, plural sícigineacha, not comparable)

  1. (psychiatry) psychogenic
  2. psychogenetic

Declension

Declension of sícigineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sícigineach shícigineach sícigineacha;
shícigineacha2
vocative shíciginigh sícigineacha
genitive síciginí sícigineacha sícigineach
dative sícigineach;
shícigineach1
shícigineach;
shíciginigh (archaic)
sícigineacha;
shícigineacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sícigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
sícigineach shícigineach
after an, tsícigineach
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • sícigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025