sinsearach

Irish

Etymology

sinsear (“ancestor”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

sinsearach m (genitive singular sinsearaigh, nominative plural sinsearaigh)

1. senior person
2. ancestor

Declension

Declension of sinsearach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sinsearach sinsearaigh Vocative a shinsearaigh a shinsearacha Genitive sinsearaigh sinsearach Dative sinsearach sinsearaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sinsearach na sinsearaigh Genitive an tsinsearaigh na sinsearach Dative leis an sinsearach don sinsearach leis na sinsearaigh

Synonyms

• sinsear

Adjective

sinsearach

1. senior
2. ancestral

Declension

Declension of sinsearach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sinsearach	shinsearach	sinsearacha; shinsearacha²
Vocative	shinsearaigh		sinsearacha
Genitive		sinsearaí	sinsearacha	sinsearach
Dative	sinsearach; shinsearach¹	shinsearach; shinsearaigh (archaic)	sinsearacha; shinsearacha²
Comparative	níos sinsearaí
Superlative	is sinsearaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (ancestral): sinseartha

Mutation

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