Seisnia

Irish

Etymology

From Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá).

Proper noun

An tSeisnia f (genitive na Seisnia)

1. Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)

Declension

Declension of Seisnia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Seisnia vocative a Sheisnia genitive Seisnia dative Seisnia forms with the definite article singular nominative an tSeisnia genitive na Seisnia dative leis an tSeisnia don tSeisnia

Derived terms

• Seisniach (“Chechen”, adjective)
• Seisniach m (“a Chechen person”)

Related terms

• Seisnis f (“the Chechen language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seisnia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seisnia	Sheisnia after an, tSeisnia	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

• “Chechnya”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026