seanfhocal

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish senḟocul.[2] By surface analysis, sean- +‎ focal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃanˠɔkəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʃanˠɔkəlˠ/

Noun

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seanfhocal m (genitive singular seanfhocail, nominative plural seanfhocail)

  1. proverb

Declension

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Declension of seanfhocal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seanfhocal seanfhocail
Vocative a sheanfhocail a sheanfhocala
Genitive seanfhocail seanfhocal
Dative seanfhocal seanfhocail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seanfhocal na seanfhocail
Genitive an tseanfhocail na seanfhocal
Dative leis an seanfhocal

don seanfhocal

leis na seanfhocail

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seanfhocal sheanfhocal
after an, tseanfhocal 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “seanfhocal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “senḟocul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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