síocháin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

síocháin f (genitive singular síochána)

  1. peace

Declension
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

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

Further reading
  • “síocháin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síoṫċáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 647
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