sícigineach

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Irish

Etymology

From síci- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

sícigineach (genitive singular masculine síciginigh, genitive singular feminine síciginí, plural sícigineacha, not comparable)

  1. (psychiatry) psychogenic
  2. psychogenetic

Declension

Declension of sícigineach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sícigineach shícigineach sícigineacha;
shícigineacha2
vocative shíciginigh sícigineacha
genitive síciginí sícigineacha sícigineach
dative sícigineach;
shícigineach1 		shícigineach;
shíciginigh (archaic) 		sícigineacha;
shícigineacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sícigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
sícigineach shícigineach
after an, tsícigineach 		not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “sícigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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