sionnachan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From sionn (“phosphorescence”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃũn̪ˠəxan/

Noun

sionnachan m (genitive singular sionnachain, plural sionnachain)

  1. will o' the wisp
  2. bioluminescence

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sionnachanshionnachan
after "an", t-sionnachan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sionnachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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