ciseán

See also: cìsean

Irish

Etymology

From cis (“wicker container; basket, crate”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪˈʃaːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪʃɑːnˠ/, /ˈcɪʃɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪʃɑːnˠ/, /ˈcɪʃɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

ciseán m (genitive singular ciseáin, nominative plural ciseáin)

1. (wicker) basket (container)

Declension

Declension of ciseán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciseán ciseáin Vocative a chiseáin a chiseána Genitive ciseáin ciseán Dative ciseán ciseáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciseán na ciseáin Genitive an chiseáin na gciseán Dative leis an gciseán don chiseán leis na ciseáin

Derived terms

• ciseán aráin (“bread-basket”)
• ciseán caolaigh (“wicker basket”)
• ciseán éadaigh (“clothes-basket”)
• ciseán éan (“(wicker) bird-trap”)
• ciseán éisc (“fish-basket”)
• ciseán fuála (“work-basket”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciseán	chiseán	gciseán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44