sìneadh

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sìneadh m (genitive singular sìnidh, plural sìnidhean)

1. verbal noun of sìn
2. stretch
3. extension
4. prolongation
5. adjournment
6. start, beginning
7. length (of vowel or consonant)

Derived terms

• sìneadh fada (“long vowel or consonant”)
• sìneadh geàrr (“short vowel or consonant”)
• sìneadh meadhanach (“medium-long vowel or consonant”)

Mutation

Mutation of sìneadh

radical	lenition
sìneadh	unchanged

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sìneadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN