seanchríonna
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editseanchríonna
- precocious (of child)
- knowing, wise, old and experienced
- (informal) streetwise
- Synonym: glic
Declension
editDeclension of seanchríonna
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | seanchríonna | sheanchríonna | seanchríonna; sheanchríonna² | |
Vocative | sheanchríonna | seanchríonna | ||
Genitive | seanchríonna | seanchríonna | seanchríonna | |
Dative | seanchríonna; sheanchríonna¹ |
sheanchríonna | seanchríonna; sheanchríonna² | |
Comparative | níos seanchríonna | |||
Superlative | is seanchríonna |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- seanchríonnacht f (“precociousness; knowingness, sagacity, experience”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seanchríonna | sheanchríonna after an, tseanchríonna |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanchríonna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seanchríonna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seanchríonna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024