séanach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]séanach (genitive singular masculine séanaigh, genitive singular feminine séanaí, plural séanacha, comparative séanaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of séanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | séanach | shéanach | séanacha; shéanacha² | |
| Vocative | shéanaigh | séanacha | ||
| Genitive | séanaí | séanacha | séanach | |
| Dative | séanach; shéanach¹ |
shéanach; shéanaigh (archaic) |
séanacha; shéanacha² | |
| Comparative | níos séanaí | |||
| Superlative | is séanaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| séanach | shéanach after an, tséanach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séanaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 627