sliogán

Irish

Alternative forms
  • sligeán

Etymology

From Middle Irish *slicén,[1] in origin a diminutive of slice (“shell”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/, /ʃlʲɨ̞ˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

  1. shell (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates; casing of an artillery projectile; hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)
  2. seashell, conch

Declension
Declension of sliogán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sliogán sliogáin
Vocative a shliogáin a shliogána
Genitive sliogáin sliogán
Dative sliogán sliogáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sliogán na sliogáin
Genitive an tsliogáin na sliogán
Dative leis an sliogán

don sliogán

 leis na sliogáin

Derived terms
  • aol sliogán (“shell-lime”)
  • sliogán bó leid (“sea-bean, tropical drift seed”)
  • sliogán dubh (“mussel”)
  • sliogán mara (“scallop; seashell”)
  • sliogán trá (“seashell”)
  • sliogánach (“testacean; shelled, testaceous”)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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