Sín
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"
Irish
Etymology
From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*Dzin, “Qin”).
Proper noun
An tSín f (genitive na Síne)
- China
Declension
Declension of Sín
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Daon-Phoblacht na Síne f (“the People's Republic of China”)
- Poblacht na Síne f (“the Republic of China”)
- Síneach (“Chinese”, adjective)
- Síneach m (“a Chinese person”)
- Sínis f (“the Chinese language”)
- Sín- (“Sino-”, prefix)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Sín | Shín after an, tSín | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “tSín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tSín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.