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Seoinín

Seoinín

Irish

Noun

Seoinín m ‎(genitive singular Seoinín, nominative plural Seoiníní)

(pejorative) shoneen (one who prefers English attitudes, customs or lifestyle to Irish ones); flunkey, toady

Declension

Declension of Seonín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Seonín	Seoníní
Vocative	a Sheonín	a Sheoníní
Genitive	Seonín	Seoníní
Dative	Seonín	Seoníní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an Seonín	na Seoníní
Genitive	an tSeonín	na Seoníní
Dative	leis an Seonín don Seonín	leis na Seoníní

Synonyms

(toady): blitsín, failpéir, líodóir, lútálaí, slusaí, súdaire, táthaire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Seonín	Sheonín after an, tSeonín	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"Seoinín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.