seicin

Irish

Alternative forms
  • seicne, sicne[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish sicne.[2]

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

Noun

seicin f (genitive singular seicne)

  1. (anatomy) membrane
    Synonym: scannán
    1. peritoneum
    2. integument
  2. (obsolete) skull
    Synonym: blaosc

Declension
Declension of seicin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative seicin
Vocative a sheicin
Genitive seicne
Dative seicin

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tseicin
Genitive na seicne
Dative leis an tseicin

don tseicin

Derived terms
  • seicneach
  • maidhm sheicne (“rupture, hernia”)
  • snaidhm sheicne (“strangulated hernia”)

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

References
  1. “seicin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sicne”, 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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