Sín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Proper noun

An tSín f (genitive na Síne)

1. China

Declension

Declension of Sín

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sín Vocative a Shín Genitive Síne Dative Sín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSín Genitive na Síne Dative leis an tSín don tSín

Derived terms

• Daon-Phoblacht na Síne f (“the People's Republic of China”)
• Poblacht na Síne f (“the Republic of China”)
• Sín- (“Sino-”, prefix)
• Síneach (“Chinese”, adjective)
• Síneach m (“a Chinese person”)
• Sínis f (“the Chinese language”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tSín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tSín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024