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Name Pronunciation

Gryzor · 2019-03-20 13:54:07

Any help me withe the pronunciation o this name: Séighin

20-03-2019 1:54pm

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Gryzor

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Any help me withe the pronunciation o this name: Séighin

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#2 20-03-2019 1:59pm

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looks like some sort of way to spell shane in irish.

EDIT - I presume it would be pronounced SHAY-hin

I could be wrong.

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#3 20-03-2019 2:00pm

Sorry about that

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Has to be Shane.

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#4 20-03-2019 2:10pm

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Shane

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#5 21-03-2019 6:53am

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Séan also.

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#6 21-03-2019 7:32am

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Sign

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#7 21-03-2019 7:44am

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'Shay-in'

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#8 21-03-2019 7:56am

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I have seen Séaghan, but not Séighin.

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#9 30-03-2019 6:40pm

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Esel wrote: »

I have seen Séaghan, but not Séighin.

Séaghan/Seaghán is a good example of a 'hypercorrection' in Irish, given that the name is borrowing originally from Norman French and thus would never have had a word internal -gh-

You can see that it wasn't the standard form in the 16th/17th century when you look at the Annals of the Four Masters...

Sean mac Cuinn, mic Cuinn mic Enri, mic Eocchain

(eg. Seán an Díomais Ó Néill)

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