senathair

Old Irish

Etymology

From sen (“old”) +‎ athair (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲenəθərʲ/

Noun

senathair m (genitive senathar)

1. grandfather

Inflection

Masculine r-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	senathair	senathairL	senaithir
vocative	senathair	senathairL	senaithre
accusative	senathairN	senathairL	senaithre
genitive	senathar	senathar	senatharN
dative	senathairL	senathrib	senathrib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: senathair
  • Irish: seanathair
  • Scottish Gaelic: seanair
  • Manx: shennayr

Mutation

Mutation of senathair

radical	lenition	nasalization
senathair	ṡenathair	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “senathair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language