seanchaite
Irish
Etymology
From sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned”) + caite (“worn, worn out, consumed, spent”).
Adjective
seanchaite
- (of clothes, etc.) worn out
- (figuratively) outworn, antiquated, obsolete, trite
Declension
Declension of seanchaite
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seanchaite | sheanchaite | seanchaite; sheanchaite² | |
| Vocative | sheanchaite | seanchaite | ||
| Genitive | seanchaite | seanchaite | seanchaite | |
| Dative | seanchaite; sheanchaite¹ |
sheanchaite | seanchaite; sheanchaite² | |
| Comparative | níos seanchaite | |||
| Superlative | is seanchaite | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seanchaite | sheanchaite after an, tseanchaite |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanchaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN