seascann

Irish

Alternative forms
  • seascainn, seisceann
  • seasgainn, seasgann, seisginn (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish seiscenn, from seisc (“sedge, rushes”) (modern seisc).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃasˠkənʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form seascainn)

Noun

seascann m (genitive singular seascainn, nominative plural seascainn)

  1. marsh, swamp, bog, fen, morass, slough
    Synonym: portach

Declension
Declension of seascann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seascann seascainn
Vocative a sheascainn a sheascanna
Genitive seascainn seascann
Dative seascann seascainn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seascann na seascainn
Genitive an tseascainn na seascann
Dative leis an seascann

don seascann

 leis na seascainn

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

References
  1. “seascann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sescann, seiscenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

Further reading
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