seanathair

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish senathair, from Old Irish senathair. By surface analysis, sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature”) +‎ athair (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠahəɾʲ/

Noun

seanathair m (genitive singular seanathar, nominative plural seanaithreacha)

1. grandfather

Inflection

Declension of seanathair (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seanathair seanaithreacha vocative a sheanathair a sheanaithreacha genitive seanathar seanaithreacha dative seanathair seanaithreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seanathair na seanaithreacha genitive an tseanathar na seanaithreacha dative leis an tseanathair don tseanathair leis na seanaithreacha

Synonyms

• athair críonna
• athair mór

Coordinate terms

• seanmháthair (“grandmother”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanathair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seanathair	sheanathair after an, tseanathair	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN