seordán

Irish

Alternative forms

seorsán, sordán
seórdán, siúrdán, sórdán (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seordán m (genitive singular seordáin, nominative plural seordáin)

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

Declension

Declension of seordán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seordán	seordáin
Vocative	a sheordáin	a sheordána
Genitive	seordáin	seordán
Dative	seordán	seordáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an seordán	na seordáin
Genitive	an tseordáin	na seordán
Dative	leis an seordán don seordán	leis na seordáin

Mutation

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

Further reading

“seordán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sordán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“seordán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 637.
"seordán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15

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