seachrán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sechrán.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

seachrán m (genitive singular seachráin, nominative plural seachráin)

  1. aberration (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality; partial alienation of reason)
    Synonym: iomrall
  2. delusion (false belief, error in belief), error
  3. wandering, straying
  4. distraction (mental disorder)

Declension

Declension of seachrán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seachrán seachráin
vocative a sheachráin a sheachrána
genitive seachráin seachrán
dative seachrán seachráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seachrán na seachráin
genitive an tseachráin na seachrán
dative leis an seachrán
don seachrán 		leis na seachráin

Derived terms

  • ar seachrán
  • seachránach
  • seachránacht
  • seachránaí
  • seachránaigh
  • seachránta

Descendants

  • → English: shaughraun

Mutation

Mutated forms of seachrán
radical lenition eclipsis
seachrán sheachrán
after an, tseachrán 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114

Further reading

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