suíochán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From suí +‎ -achán (compare Scottish Gaelic suidheachan).

Pronunciation

Noun

suíochán m (genitive singular suíocháin, nominative plural suíocháin)

  1. seat
  2. sitting, session
  3. seated position
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Chuaidh sé ionns’ ar an rígh ⁊ fuair sé é ar shuidheachán san gharrdha, ⁊ d’iarr sé airgiod air.
      He went unto the king, and found him seated in the garden, and he asked him for some money.
  4. settled position, established state

Declension

Declension of suíochán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative suíochán suíocháin
vocative a shuíocháin a shuíochána
genitive suíocháin suíochán
dative suíochán suíocháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an suíochán na suíocháin
genitive an tsuíocháin na suíochán
dative leis an suíochán
don suíochán 		leis na suíocháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of suíochán
radical lenition eclipsis
suíochán shuíochán
after an, tsuíochán 		not applicable

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

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