seargán

Irish

Etymology

From searg (“to atrophy, shrivel”) +‎ -án.

Noun

seargán m (genitive singular seargáin, nominative plural seargáin)

  1. withered, shrivelled, person or thing
  2. mummy (embalmed corpse)
    Synonym: mumaí

Declension
Declension of seargán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seargán seargáin
Vocative a sheargáin a sheargána
Genitive seargáin seargán
Dative seargán seargáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seargán na seargáin
Genitive an tseargáin na seargán
Dative leis an seargán

don seargán

 leis na seargáin

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

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seargán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mummy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading
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