seangán

See also: seangan

Irish
seangáin

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán.[1] By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án.

Noun

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

  1. ant

Declension
Declension of seangán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seangán seangáin
Vocative a sheangáin a sheangána
Genitive seangáin seangán
Dative seangán seangáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seangán na seangáin
Genitive an tseangáin na seangán
Dative leis an seangán

don seangán

 leis na seangáin

Derived terms
  • alpaire seangán (“anteater”)
  • feirm seangán (“ant farm”)
  • lus na seangán (“wall-pepper”)
  • nead seangán (“ant-hill”)
  • póiríní seangán (“stone-crop”)
  • port seangán (“ant-hill”)
  • seangán bán (“white ant”)
  • seangán capaill (“black ant”)
  • seangán coille (“wood ant”)
  • seangán dearg (“red ant”)
  • seangán tine (“fire ant”)
  • seangánach (“full of ants”, adjective)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sengán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “seangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  • Entries containing “seangán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “seangán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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