seanchaí

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, Manx shennaghee.

Noun

seanchaí m (genitive singular seanchaí, nominative plural seanchaithe)

1. historian, storyteller

Declension

Declension of seanchaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seanchaí seanchaithe Vocative a sheanchaí a sheanchaithe Genitive seanchaí seanchaithe Dative seanchaí seanchaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seanchaí na seanchaithe Genitive an tseanchaí na seanchaithe Dative leis an seanchaí don seanchaí leis na seanchaithe

Descendants

• English: shanachie
• Scots: shenachie

Mutation

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