sionnachan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From sionn (“phosphorescence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃũn̪ˠəxan/

Noun

sionnachan m (genitive singular sionnachain, plural sionnachain)

  1. will o' the wisp
  2. bioluminescence

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sionnachan
radical lenition
sionnachan shionnachan
after "an", t-sionnachan

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sionnachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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