seanchríonta
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seanchríonta
- Alternative form of seanchríonna (“precocious; knowing, wise, old and experienced”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of seanchríonta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seanchríonta | sheanchríonta | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta² | |
| Vocative | sheanchríonta | seanchríonta | ||
| Genitive | seanchríonta | seanchríonta | seanchríonta | |
| Dative | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta¹ |
sheanchríonta | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta² | |
| Comparative | níos seanchríonta | |||
| Superlative | is seanchríonta | |||
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 |
| seanchríonta | sheanchríonta after an, tseanchríonta |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanchríonna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN