sinnach

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

sindach

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *senūnākos, from Proto-Celtic *senos (“old one”, n-stem noun) + adjectival suffix *-ākos (Old Irish -ach) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

sinnach m

fox
- Broccán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, p. 342
  As·rir in sinnach n-allaid do ráith a aithig in trúaig: dochum feda con·selai cé do·sefnatar int slúaig.
  She gave the wild fox to her vassal, the wretched one; it went to the woods, although the host chased after it.
- c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 53:
  Do·sennat na secht n-aige do Ráith Chrúachan, ⁊ secht sinnchu ⁊ secht míla maige ⁊ secht turcu alta, conda·rubatar ind óic issind aurlaind in dúine.
  chase the seven deer to Ráith Chrúachan, in addition to seven foxes, seven hares, and seven wild boars, until the youths struck down in the lawn of the fort.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sinnach	sinnach^L	sinnaig^L
Vocative	sinnaig	sinnach^L	sinnchu^H
Accusative	sinnach^N	sinnach^L	sinnchu^H
Genitive	sinnaig^L	sinnach	sinnach^N
Dative	sinnuch^L	sinnchaib	sinnchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: sinnach
- Irish: sionnach
- Manx: shynnagh
- Scottish Gaelic: sionnach
⇒ Middle Irish: sinnchán

Mutation

Mutation of *sinnach*
radical	lenition	nasalization
sinnach	ṡinnach	unchanged

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

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