seachrán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sechrán.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxɾˠanˠ/, /ˈʃaxɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

seachrán m (genitive singular seachráin, nominative plural seachráin)

1. aberration (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality; partial alienation of reason)

   Synonym: iomrall

2. delusion (false belief, error in belief), error
3. wandering, straying
4. distraction (mental disorder)

Declension

Declension of seachrán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seachrán seachráin Vocative a sheachráin a sheachrána Genitive seachráin seachrán Dative seachrán seachráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seachrán na seachráin Genitive an tseachráin na seachrán Dative leis an seachrán don seachrán leis na seachráin

Derived terms

• ar seachrán
• seachránach
• seachránacht
• seachránaí
• seachránaigh
• seachránta

 

Descendants

• → English: shaughraun

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “seachrán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seaċrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 623
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN