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seanchaí

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Irish senchaid. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, Manx shennaghee.

Noun

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seanchaí m (genitive singular seanchaí, nominative plural seanchaidhe)

  1. historian, storyteller

Declension

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Declension of seanchaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seanchaí seanchaidhe
vocative a sheanchaí a sheanchaidhe
genitive seanchaí seanchaidhe
dative seanchaí seanchaidhe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seanchaí na seanchaidhe
genitive an tseanchaí na seanchaidhe
dative leis an seanchaí
don seanchaí
leis na seanchaidhe

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of seanchaí
radical lenition eclipsis
seanchaí sheanchaí
after an, tseanchaí
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

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