séanas

See also: seaŋáš

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from séan (“good luck”), due to the folkloric association between having a gap in the front teeth and good luck. (Compare French dents du bonheur, literally "teeth of happiness".)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃeːn̪ˠəsˠ]

Noun

séanas m (genitive singular séanais, nominative plural séanais)

1. gap between the upper front teeth, diastema
2. harelip
3. (linguistics) hiatus (two vowels in sequence without an intervening consonant)

Declension

Declension of séanas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative séanas séanais Vocative a shéanais a shéanasa Genitive séanais séanas Dative séanas séanais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an séanas na séanais Genitive an tséanais na séanas Dative leis an séanas don séanas leis na séanais

Mutation

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