ciseán

See also: cìsean

Irish

Etymology

From cis (“wicker container”) +‎ -án. Compare Scottish Gaelic cisean and Manx kishan.

Pronunciation

Noun

ciseán m (genitive singular ciseáin, nominative plural ciseáin)

  1. (wicker) basket (container)

Declension

Declension of ciseán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciseán ciseáin
vocative a chiseáin a chiseána
genitive ciseáin ciseán
dative ciseán ciseáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ciseán na ciseáin
genitive an chiseáin na gciseán
dative leis an gciseán
don chiseán 		leis na ciseáin

Derived terms

  • ciseán aráin (“bread-basket”)
  • ciseán caolaigh (“wicker basket”)
  • ciseán éadaigh (“clothes-basket”)
  • ciseán éan (“(wicker) bird-trap”)
  • ciseán éisc (“fish-basket”)
  • ciseán fuála (“work-basket”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciseán
radical lenition eclipsis
ciseán chiseán gciseán

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 72, page 19; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 173
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 111, page 44

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ciseán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 196; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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