seanchaite

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Irish

Etymology

From sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned”) +‎ caite (“worn, worn out, consumed, spent”).

Adjective

seanchaite

  1. worn out (of clothes, etc.)
  2. (figuratively) outworn, antiquated, obsolete, trite

Declension

Declension of seanchaite
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative seanchaite sheanchaite seanchaite;
sheanchaite2
vocative sheanchaite seanchaite
genitive seanchaite seanchaite seanchaite
dative seanchaite;
sheanchaite1 		sheanchaite seanchaite;
sheanchaite2
Comparative níos seanchaite
Superlative is seanchaite

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanchaite
radical lenition eclipsis
seanchaite sheanchaite
after an, tseanchaite 		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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