Sín

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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)

  1. China

Declension

Declension of Sín (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Sín
vocative a Shín
genitive Síne
dative Sín
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tSín
genitive na Síne
dative leis an tSín
don tSín

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sín
radical lenition eclipsis
Sín Shín
after an, tSín 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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