síocháin

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

síochán (Munster)
síothcháin, síothchán (superseded)

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

peace

Declension[edit]

Declension of síocháin

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

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[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

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