seandraoi

Irish

Alternative forms

• sean-draoi, seanndraoi (obsolete)

Etymology

PIE word
*sénos

PIE word
*dóru

From sean- (“old”) +‎ draoi (“druid, wizard”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃɑun̪ˠˈd̪ˠɾˠiː/

Noun

seandraoi m (genitive singular seandraoi, nominative plural seandraoithe)

1. (literally) old druid, old wizard
2. (figuratively) crafty older person
3. precocious child

Declension

Declension of seandraoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seandraoi seandraoithe Vocative a sheandraoi a sheandraoithe Genitive seandraoi seandraoithe Dative seandraoi seandraoithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seandraoi na seandraoithe Genitive an tseandraoi na seandraoithe Dative leis an seandraoi don seandraoi leis na seandraoithe

Further reading

• “seandraoi”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sean-draoi”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 628
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seandraoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15