sìneadh

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sìneadh m (genitive singular sìnidh, plural sìnidhean)

  1. verbal noun of sìn
  2. stretch
  3. extension
  4. prolongation
  5. adjournment
  6. start, beginning
  7. length (of vowel or consonant)

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sìneadh unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sìneadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN