séanach

Irish

Etymology

From séan +‎ -ach.

Adjective

séanach (genitive singular masculine séanaigh, genitive singular feminine séanaí, plural séanacha, comparative séanaí)

1. (obsolete) happy, prosperous

Declension

Declension of séanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	séanach	shéanach	séanacha; shéanacha2
vocative	shéanaigh		séanacha
genitive		séanaí	séanacha	séanach
dative	séanach; shéanach1	shéanach; shéanaigh (archaic)	séanacha; shéanacha2
Comparative	níos séanaí
Superlative	is séanaí

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 séanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séanach	shéanach after an, tséanach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séanaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 627