sliogán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *slicén,[1] in origin a diminutive of slice (“shell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/, /ʃlʲɨ̞ˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

  1. shell (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates; casing of an artillery projectile; hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)
  2. seashell, conch

Declension

Declension of sliogán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sliogán sliogáin
Vocative a shliogáin a shliogána
Genitive sliogáin sliogán
Dative sliogán sliogáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sliogán na sliogáin
Genitive an tsliogáin na sliogán
Dative leis an sliogán

don sliogán

leis na sliogáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sliogán shliogán
after an, tsliogán 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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