seanchaite

Irish

Etymology

From sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned”) +‎ caite (“worn, worn out, consumed, spent”).

Adjective

seanchaite

1. worn out (of clothes, etc.)
2. (figuratively) outworn, antiquated, obsolete, trite

Declension

Declension of seanchaite

	singular		plural (m/f)
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanchaite

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seanchaite	sheanchaite after an, tseanchaite	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) “seanchaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN