Sean-Ghaeilge

Irish

Etymology

From sean- (“old”) +‎ Gaeilge (“the Irish language”).

Proper noun

Sean-Ghaeilge f (genitive Sean-Ghaeilge)

1. Old Irish (language)

   liric na Sean-Ghaeilge ― Old Irish lyric

   gluaiseanna na Sean-Ghaeilge ― Old Irish glosses

Declension

Declension of Sean-Ghaeilge

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sean-Ghaeilge Vocative a Shean-Ghaeilge Genitive Sean-Ghaeilge Dative Sean-Ghaeilge

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSean-Ghaeilge Genitive na Sean-Ghaeilge Dative leis an tSean-Ghaeilge don tSean-Ghaeilge

Related terms

• Meán-Ghaeilge f (“Middle Irish”)
• Nua-Ghaeilge f (“New Irish (cf. New English), Modern Irish”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sean-Ghaeilge	Shean-Ghaeilge after an, tSean-Ghaeilge	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Sean-Ghaeilge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024