seanadóir

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish senatóir, from Latin senātor. By surface analysis, seanad (senate) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

seanadóir m (genitive singular seanadóra, nominative plural seanadóirí)

  1. senator

Declension

Declension of seanadóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seanadóir seanadóirí
vocative a sheanadóir a sheanadóirí
genitive seanadóra seanadóirí
dative seanadóir seanadóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seanadóir na seanadóirí
genitive an tseanadóra na seanadóirí
dative leis an seanadóir
don seanadóir
leis na seanadóirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanadóir
radical lenition eclipsis
seanadóir sheanadóir
after an, tseanadóir
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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