sinsearach

Irish

Etymology

sinsear (“ancestor”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

sinsearach m (genitive singular sinsearaigh, nominative plural sinsearaigh)

1. senior person
2. ancestor

Declension

Declension of sinsearach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sinsearach sinsearaigh vocative a shinsearaigh a shinsearacha genitive sinsearaigh sinsearach dative sinsearach sinsearaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sinsearach na sinsearaigh genitive an tsinsearaigh na sinsearach dative leis an sinsearach don sinsearach leis na sinsearaigh

Synonyms

• sinsear

Adjective

sinsearach

1. senior
2. ancestral

Declension

Declension of sinsearach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sinsearach	shinsearach	sinsearacha; shinsearacha2
vocative	shinsearaigh		sinsearacha
genitive		sinsearaí	sinsearacha	sinsearach
dative	sinsearach; shinsearach1	shinsearach; shinsearaigh (archaic)	sinsearacha; shinsearacha2
Comparative	níos sinsearaí
Superlative	is sinsearaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (ancestral): sinseartha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sinsearach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sinsearach	shinsearach after an, tsinsearach	not applicable

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