Seán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sean"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Eoin.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Seán m (genitive Seáin)

  1. a male given name from Old French, equivalent to English John or French Jean

Declension

Declension of Seán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Seán
vocative a Sheáin
genitive Seáin
dative Seán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Seán
genitive an tSeáin
dative leis an Seán
don Seán

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seán
radical lenition eclipsis
Seán Sheán
after an, tSeán 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 68, page 35
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, § 213, page 83
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 131, page 51

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