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Irish
Etymology
From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).
Proper noun
An tSín f (genitive na Síne)
- China
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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Sín
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Shín after an, tSín
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Entries containing “tSín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tSín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.