séanas

See also: seaŋáš

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from séan (“good luck”), due to the folkloric association between having a gap in the front teeth and good luck. (Compare French dents du bonheur, literally "teeth of happiness".)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃeːn̪ˠəsˠ]

Noun

séanas m (genitive singular séanais, nominative plural séanais)

gap between the upper front teeth, diastema
harelip
(linguistics) hiatus (two vowels in sequence without an intervening consonant)

Declension

Declension of séanas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	séanas	séanais
Vocative	a shéanais	a shéanasa
Genitive	séanais	séanas
Dative	séanas	séanais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an séanas	na séanais
Genitive	an tséanais	na séanas
Dative	leis an séanas don séanas	leis na séanais

Mutation

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