seanchaite

Irish

Etymology

From sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned”) +‎ caite (“worn, worn out, consumed, spent”).

Adjective

seanchaite

1. worn out (of clothes, etc.)
2. (figuratively) outworn, antiquated, obsolete, trite

Declension

Declension of seanchaite

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	seanchaite	sheanchaite	seanchaite; sheanchaite²
Vocative	sheanchaite		seanchaite
Genitive		seanchaite	seanchaite	seanchaite
Dative	seanchaite; sheanchaite¹	sheanchaite	seanchaite; sheanchaite²
Comparative	níos seanchaite
Superlative	is seanchaite

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
seanchaite	sheanchaite after an, tseanchaite	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) “seanchaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN