sionnach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈn̪ˠɑx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪn̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

sionnach m (genitive singular sionnaigh, nominative plural sionnaigh)

1. fox

   Synonyms: madadh rua, madra rua

Declension

Declension of sionnach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sionnach sionnaigh vocative a shionnaigh a shionnacha genitive sionnaigh sionnach dative sionnach sionnaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sionnach na sionnaigh genitive an tsionnaigh na sionnach dative leis an sionnach don sionnach leis na sionnaigh

Derived terms

• sionnach mara

Mutation

Mutated forms of sionnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sionnach	shionnach after an, tsionnach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Seo sionnach Sasannach.

Etymology

From Middle Irish sinnach, from Old Irish sinnach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃun̪ˠəx/

Noun

sionnach m

1. fox
2. bellows, valve

Declension

Declension of sionnach (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	sionnach	sionnaich
genitive	sionnaich	shionnach
dative	sionnach	sionnaich; sionnachaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) sionnach	(na) sionnaich
genitive	(an) t-sionnaich	(nan) sionnach
dative	(an) t-sionnach	(na) sionnaich; sionnachaibh✝
vocative	shionnaich	shionnacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• (fox): madadh-ruadh

Derived terms

• pìob-shionnaich
• sionnach ann an craiceann na caorach
• sionnach-boireann
• sionnachair
• sionnachan

Mutation

Mutation of sionnach

radical	lenition
sionnach	shionnach after "an", t-sionnach

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “sionnach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 529