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 (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
2. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

Declension

Declension of Sín (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Sín vocative a Shín genitive Síne dative Sín forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of Sín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sín	Shín after an, tSín	not applicable

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “tSín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tSín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026