seanathair
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish senathair, from Old Irish senathair. By surface analysis, sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature”) + athair (“father”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editseanathair m (genitive singular seanathar, nominative plural seanaithreacha)
Inflection
editDeclension of seanathair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- seanmháthair (“grandmother”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seanathair | sheanathair after an, tseanathair |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms prefixed with sean-
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fifth-declension nouns
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