sín – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of sín

Noun: sín

Gender: Fem

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativesín
Singular Genitivesíne
Plural Nominativesíneacha
Plural Genitivesíneacha

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean tsín
Singular Genitivena síne
Plural Nominativena síneacha
Plural Genitivena síneacha

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like sín

ainnir, aisghairm, bainis, bruthcharraig, cairt, carraig, ceirt, ceolchoirm, cistin, cling, clúid, comaoin, cuing, círéib, cóilis, deilbh, ding, dris, dronuillinn, dín, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”), from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”). Doublet of séan. See: Latin Nouns 'signum'.

Translations

  • stretch, to lengthen by pulling
  • stretch, to lengthen when pulled
  • extend, to increase in extent
  • lengthen, to make longer