seanbhean

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*sénos

PIE word
*gʷḗn

sean- +‎ bean

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃan̪ˠəˌvʲan̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠˌvʲanˠ/

Noun

seanbhean f (genitive singular seanmhná, nominative plural seanmhná)

1. old woman
2. old-womanish person

Declension

Declension of seanbhean

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seanbhean seanmhná Vocative a sheanbhean a sheanmhná Genitive seanmhná seanbhan Dative seanbhean seanmhná

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseanbhean na seanmhná Genitive na seanmhná na seanbhan Dative leis an tseanbhean don tseanbhean leis na seanmhná

Antonyms

• seanfhear
• seanduine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seanbhean	sheanbhean after an, tseanbhean	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) “seanbhean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN