seascann

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seascainn, seisceann
  • seasgainn, seasgann, seisginn (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish seiscenn, from seisc (“sedge, rushes”) (modern seisc).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃasˠkənʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form seascainn)

Noun

seascann m (genitive singular seascainn, nominative plural seascainn)

  1. marsh, swamp, bog, fen, morass, slough
    Synonym: portach

Declension

Declension of seascann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seascann seascainn
vocative a sheascainn a sheascanna
genitive seascainn seascann
dative seascann seascainn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seascann na seascainn
genitive an tseascainn na seascann
dative leis an seascann
don seascann 		leis na seascainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of seascann
radical lenition eclipsis
seascann sheascann
after an, tseascann 		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. ^ “seascann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sescann, seiscenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

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