ciseán

See also: cìsean

Irish

Etymology

From cis (“wicker container; basket, crate”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪˈʃaːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪʃɑːnˠ/, /ˈcɪʃɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪʃɑːnˠ/, /ˈcɪʃɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

ciseán m (genitive singular ciseáin, nominative plural ciseáin)

1. (wicker) basket (container)

Declension

Declension of ciseán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciseán ciseáin vocative a chiseáin a chiseána genitive ciseáin ciseán dative ciseán ciseáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciseán na ciseáin genitive an chiseáin na gciseán dative leis an gciseán don chiseán leis na ciseáin

Derived terms

• ciseán aráin (“bread-basket”)
• ciseán caolaigh (“wicker basket”)
• ciseán éadaigh (“clothes-basket”)
• ciseán éan (“(wicker) bird-trap”)
• ciseán éisc (“fish-basket”)
• ciseán fuála (“work-basket”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciseán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciseán	chiseán	gciseán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44