sínid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːnʲidʲ/

Verb

sínid

  1. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of sín (“stretch”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sínid
radical lenition eclipsis
sínid shínid
after an, tsínid 		not applicable

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sīnīti, from the same root as *sīros (“long”) (compare Old Irish sír, Welsh hir), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“late, long”) (compare Sanskrit साय (sāyá, “evening”), Latin sērus (“late”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”).

Verb

sínid

  1. to extend, to stretch

Descendants

  • Irish: sín
  • Scottish Gaelic: sìn
  • Manx: sheeyney, sheeyn

Further reading

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