seicin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sicne.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪcnʲə/[3] (corresponding to the form sicne)

Noun

seicin f (genitive singular seicne)

  1. (anatomy) membrane
    Synonym: scannán
    1. peritoneum
    2. integument
  2. (obsolete) skull
    Synonym: blaosc

Declension

Declension of seicin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seicin
vocative a sheicin
genitive seicne
dative seicin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tseicin
genitive na seicne
dative leis an tseicin
don tseicin

Derived terms

  • seicneach
  • maidhm sheicne (“rupture, hernia”)
  • snaidhm sheicne (“strangulated hernia”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seicin
radical lenition eclipsis
seicin sheicin
after an, tseicin 		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. ^ “seicin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sicne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 263, page 93

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