From sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned”) + caite (“worn, worn out, consumed, spent”).
seanchaite
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seanchaite | sheanchaite after an, tseanchaite |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |