síocháin

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

síochán (Munster)
síothcháin, síothchán (superseded)

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish síthcháin, said to be a compound of síd, síth (“peace”) and caín (“fair, gentle”)^[1] (modern caoin), though if true, the vowel change of the second element is unexpected.

Pronunciation edit

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈxɑːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiə.xɑːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiː.hænʲ/

Noun edit

síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

peace

Declension edit

Declension of síocháin

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	síocháin
Vocative	a shíocháin
Genitive	síochána
Dative	síocháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tsíocháin
Genitive	na síochána
Dative	leis an tsíocháin don tsíocháin

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
síocháin	shíocháin after an, tsíocháin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síthcháin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language