síocháin

Irish

Alternative forms

síochán (Munster)
síothcháin, síothchán (superseded)

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

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈxɑːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiə.xɑːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiː.hænʲ/

Noun

síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

peace

Declension

Declension of síocháin (third declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	síocháin
vocative	a shíocháin
genitive	síochána
dative	síocháin

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an tsíocháin
genitive	na síochána
dative	leis an tsíocháin don tsíocháin

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

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