sliogán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sligeán

Etymology

From Middle Irish *slicén, in origin a diminutive of slice (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃlʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/, /ʃlʲɨ̞ˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

1. shell (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates; casing of an artillery projectile; hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)
2. seashell, conch

Declension

Declension of sliogán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sliogán sliogáin Vocative a shliogáin a shliogána Genitive sliogáin sliogán Dative sliogán sliogáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sliogán na sliogáin Genitive an tsliogáin na sliogán Dative leis an sliogán don sliogán leis na sliogáin

Derived terms

• aol sliogán (“shell-lime”)
• sliogán bó leid (“sea-bean, tropical drift seed”)
• sliogán dubh (“mussel”)
• sliogán mara (“scallop; seashell”)
• sliogán trá (“seashell”)
• sliogánach (“testacean; shelled, testaceous”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliogán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sliogán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sliogán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.