seanscéal

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish senscél. By surface analysis, sean (“old”) +‎ scéal (“story”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seanscéal m (genitive singular seanscéil, nominative plural seanscéalta)

  1. legend, folktale
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Bhí rí ann i bhfad ó shoin ⁊ bhí sé le bheith beó ariam go n‑innseóchadh a mhac féin sean-sgéal do.
      There was long ago a king who was to be alive ever till his own son should tell him an old story (a wonder or romance).
  2. chestnut (old, worn out joke or story)

Declension

Declension of seanscéal (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seanscéal seanscéalta
vocative a sheanscéil a sheanscéalta
genitive seanscéil seanscéalta
dative seanscéal seanscéalta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seanscéal na seanscéalta
genitive an tseanscéil na seanscéalta
dative leis an seanscéal
don seanscéal 		leis na seanscéalta

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanscéal
radical lenition eclipsis
seanscéal sheanscéal
after an, tseanscéal 		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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