seoch

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle/Early Modern English sough.

Noun

seoch m (genitive singular seoch, nominative plural seochanna)

1. dike, drain, sheugh

Declension

Declension of seoch (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative seoch seochanna vocative a sheoch a sheochanna genitive seoch seochanna dative seoch seochanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an seoch na seochanna genitive an tseoch na seochanna dative leis an seoch don seoch leis na seochanna

Descendants

• → English: sheugh

Mutation

Mutated forms of seoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seoch	sheoch after an, tseoch	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN