sínid
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːnʲidʲ/
Verb
sínid
- (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative and present subjunctive of sín (“stretch”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sínid | shínid after an, tsínid | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sīnīti, from the same root as *sīros (“long”) (compare Old Irish sír, Welsh hir), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“late, long”) (compare Sanskrit साय (sāyá, “evening”), Latin sērus (“late”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”).
Verb
sínid
- to extend, to stretch
Descendants
- Irish: sín
- Scottish Gaelic: sìn
Further reading
- “sínid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.