síocháin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish síthcháin, said to be a compound of síd, síth (peace) and caín (fair, gentle)[1] (modern caoin), though if true, the vowel change of the second element is unexpected.

Pronunciation

Noun

síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

  1. peace

Declension

Declension of síocháin (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative síocháin
vocative a shíocháin
genitive síochána
dative síocháin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of síocháin
radical lenition eclipsis
síocháin shíocháin
after an, tsíocháin
not applicable

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

References

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

Further reading

  • síocháin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síoṫċáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 647