séanach

Irish

Etymology

From séan +‎ -ach.

Adjective

séanach (genitive singular masculine séanaigh, genitive singular feminine séanaí, plural séanacha, comparative séanaí)

1. (obsolete) happy, prosperous

Declension

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

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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séanaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 627