seanchríonta
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seanchríonta
- Alternative form of seanchríonna (“precocious; knowing, wise, old and experienced”)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | seanchríonta | sheanchríonta | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta2 | |
vocative | sheanchríonta | seanchríonta | ||
genitive | seanchríonta | seanchríonta | seanchríonta | |
dative | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta1 |
sheanchríonta | seanchríonta; sheanchríonta2 | |
Comparative | níos seanchríonta | |||
Superlative | is seanchríonta |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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seanchríonta | sheanchríonta after an, tseanchríonta |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanchríonna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN