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

• sionnachan-mara (“milky sea effect”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sionnachan	shionnachan after "an", t-sionnachan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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