Sean-Ghall

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Embryomystic (talk | contribs) as of 10:14, 10 January 2018.
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Irish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From sean- (“old”) +‎ Gall (“foreigner, Norman”).

Noun

[edit]

Sean-Ghall m (genitive singular Sean-Ghaill, nominative plural Sean-Ghaill)

  1. (historical) older/earlier Anglo-Norman or English settler (in Ireland)
    Antonym: Nua-Ghall

Declension

[edit]
Declension of Sean-Ghall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Sean-Ghall Sean-Ghaill
Vocative a Shean-Ghaill a Shean-Ghalla
Genitive Sean-Ghaill Sean-Ghall
Dative Sean-Ghall Sean-Ghaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Sean-Ghall na Sean-Ghaill
Genitive an tSean-Ghaill na Sean-Ghall
Dative leis an Sean-Ghall

don Sean-Ghall

leis na Sean-Ghaill

Mutation

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

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Sean-Ghall&oldid=48395210"