sliogán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slicén, in origin a diminutive of slice (“shell”).

Noun

sliogán m (genitive singular sliogáin, nominative plural sliogáin)

  1. shell, seashell
  2. conch, shellfish
  3. (artillery) shell

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
  • sliogánach (“testacean; shelled, testaceous”)
  • sliogán mara (“scallop; seashell”)
  • sliogán trá (“seashell”)

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
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