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English
Noun
schenachy (plural schenachies)
- Alternative form of seannachie
References
- Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SCHENACHY”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G P Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 250.
- Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SHANACHY, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G P Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 353-354.
Middle Scots
Etymology
From Irish seanchaí or Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, from Old Irish senchaid.
Noun
schenachy
- seannachie
Descendants
References
- “schenachy, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.