seineafóibe

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English xenophobia (compare fóibe (“phobia”)).

Noun

seineafóibe f (genitive singular seineafóibe)

1. xenophobia

Declension

Declension of seineafóibe (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative seineafóibe vocative a sheineafóibe genitive seineafóibe dative seineafóibe forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tseineafóibe genitive na seineafóibe dative leis an tseineafóibe don tseineafóibe

Related terms

• seineafóbach m (“xenophobe”)
• seineafóbach (“xenophobic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seineafóibe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seineafóibe	sheineafóibe after an, tseineafóibe	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

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