seordán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seorsán, sordán
  • seórdán, siúrdán, sórdán (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃoːɾˠˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃoːɾˠˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃoːɾˠd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːɾˠd̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

seordán m (genitive singular seordáin, nominative plural seordáin)

  1. whirr (sibilant buzz or vibration)
  2. rustling
    Synonyms: siosarnach, sioscadh

Declension

Declension of seordán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seordán seordáin
vocative a sheordáin a sheordána
genitive seordáin seordán
dative seordán seordáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seordán na seordáin
genitive an tseordáin na seordán
dative leis an seordán
don seordán 		leis na seordáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of seordán
radical lenition eclipsis
seordán sheordán
after an, tseordán 		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. ^ “seordán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15

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