sionnach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

Noun

sionnach m (genitive singular sionnaigh, nominative plural sionnaigh)

  1. fox
    Synonyms: madadh rua, madra rua

Declension

Declension of sionnach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sionnach sionnaigh
vocative a shionnaigh a shionnacha
genitive sionnaigh sionnach
dative sionnach sionnaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sionnach na sionnaigh
genitive an tsionnaigh na sionnach
dative leis an sionnach
don sionnach
leis na sionnaigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sionnach
radical lenition eclipsis
sionnach shionnach
after an, tsionnach
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

Scottish Gaelic

Seo sionnach Sasannach.

Etymology

From Middle Irish sinnach, from Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

Noun

sionnach m

  1. fox
  2. bellows, valve

Declension

Declension of sionnach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative sionnach sionnaich
genitive sionnaich shionnach
dative sionnach sionnaich; sionnachaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) sionnach (na) sionnaich
genitive (an) t-sionnaich (nan) sionnach
dative (an) t-sionnach (na) sionnaich; sionnachaibh
vocative shionnaich shionnacha

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sionnach
radical lenition
sionnach shionnach
after "an", t-sionnach

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “sionnach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 529