seangán

See also: seangan

Irish

seangáin

Etymology

From Middle Irish sengán; synchronically analyzable as seang (“thin, slender”) +‎ -án.

Noun

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

ant

Declension

Declension of seangán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seangán	seangáin
Vocative	a sheangáin	a sheangána
Genitive	seangáin	seangán
Dative	seangán	seangáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an seangán	na seangáin
Genitive	an tseangáin	na seangán
Dative	leis an seangán don seangán	leis na seangáin

Derived terms

Derived terms

alpaire seangán (“anteater”)
feirm seangán (“ant farm”)
lus na seangán (“wall-pepper”)

nead seangán, port seangán (“ant-hill”)
póiríní seangán (“stone-crop”)
seangánach (“full of ants”, adjective)

seangán bán (“white ant”)
seangán capaill (“black ant”)
seangán coille (“wood ant”)

seangán dearg (“red ant”)
seangán tine (“fire ant”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"seangán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“sengán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“seangán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Entries containing “seangán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “seangán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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