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Irish
Etymology
From English chicken, assimilated to the suffix -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
sicín m (genitive singular sicín, nominative plural sicíní)
- chicken (bird)
- Synonym: cearc
- chick (baby chicken)
- Synonyms: éan, éan circe
- chicken (meat)
- Synonym: circeoil
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| sicín
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shicín
after an, tsicín
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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
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sicín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 638
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sicín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sicín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sicín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.