seanchailleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• sean-chailleach

Etymology

From sean- (“old”) +‎ cailleach (“witch”).

Noun

seanchailleach f (genitive singular seanchaillí, nominative plural seanchailleacha)

1. (derogatory) old woman
2. crone, old hag, old witch

Declension

Declension of seanchailleach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seanchailleach seanchailleacha Vocative a sheanchailleach a sheanchailleacha Genitive seanchaillí seanchailleach Dative seanchailleach seanchailligh (archaic, dialectal) seanchailleacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseanchailleach na seanchailleacha Genitive na seanchaillí na seanchailleach Dative leis an tseanchailleach leis an tseanchailligh (archaic, dialectal) don tseanchailleach don tseanchailligh (archaic, dialectal) leis na seanchailleacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seanchailleach	sheanchailleach after an, tseanchailleach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “seanchailleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanchailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN