síniú

síniú

See also: siniu

Irish

Alternative forms

• sighniú, sighniughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈnʲuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːnʲu/

Noun

síniú m (genitive singular sínithe, nominative plural sínithe)

1. verbal noun of sínigh
2. signature (person’s autograph name)

Declension

Declension of síniú

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative síniú sínithe Vocative a shíniú a shínithe Genitive sínithe síniú Dative síniú sínithe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an síniú na sínithe Genitive an tsínithe na síniú Dative leis an síniú don síniú leis na sínithe

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “síniú” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “siġniuġaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 640.
• "síniú" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.