sliogán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *slicén,[1] in origin a diminutive of slice (“shell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/, /ʃlʲɨˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲiɟaːnˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form sligeán)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲiɟanˠ/[4] (corresponding to the form sligeán)

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

  1. shell (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates; casing of an artillery projectile; hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)
  2. seashell, conch

Declension

Declension of sliogán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sliogán sliogáin
vocative a shliogáin a shliogána
genitive sliogáin sliogán
dative sliogán sliogáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sliogán na sliogáin
genitive an tsliogáin na sliogán
dative leis an sliogán
don sliogán 		leis na sliogáin

Derived terms

  • aol sliogán (“shell-lime”)
  • sliogán bó leid (“sea-bean, tropical drift seed”)
  • sliogán dubh (“mussel”)
  • sliogán mara (“scallop; seashell”)
  • sliogán trá (“seashell”)
  • sliogánach (“testacean; shelled, testaceous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sliogán
radical lenition eclipsis
sliogán shliogán
after an, tsliogán 		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), “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 35, page 11
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 432, page 139

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