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séanach
séanach
Irish
Adjective
séanach (genitive singular masculine séanaigh, genitive singular feminine séanaí, plural séanacha, comparative séanaí)
Declension
Declension of séanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | séanach | séanach¹ | séanacha³ | |
| Vocative | séanaigh¹ | séanach¹ | séanacha | |
| Genitive | séanaigh¹ | séanaí (obsolete) séanaighe |
séanacha | séanach |
| Dative | séanach² | séanach¹ (archaic) séanaigh¹ |
séanacha³ | |
| Comparative | séanaí (obsolete) séanaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| séanach | shéanach after an, tséanach |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “séanaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.