seargán

Irish

Etymology

From searg (“to atrophy, shrivel”) +‎ -án.

Noun

seargán m (genitive singular seargáin, nominative plural seargáin)

  1. withered, shrivelled, person or thing
  2. mummy (embalmed corpse)
    Synonym: mumaí

Declension

Declension of seargán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seargán seargáin
vocative a sheargáin a sheargána
genitive seargáin seargán
dative seargán seargáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seargán na seargáin
genitive an tseargáin na seargán
dative leis an seargán
don seargán 		leis na seargáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of seargán
radical lenition eclipsis
seargán sheargán
after an, tseargán 		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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seargán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mummy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

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