sliogán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sligeán

Etymology

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

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

1. shell, seashell
   1. conch, shellfish
2. (artillery) shell
3. 1. (construction) shell
   2. frail boat

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

 

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.

References

• "sliogán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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.