seanmhair
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See also: séanmhair
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish senmáthair, from sen (“old”) + máthair (“mother”). Compare Irish seanmháthair, Manx shennvoir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seanmhair f (genitive singular seanmhar, plural seanmhairean)
Declension[edit]
Declension of seanmhair (type Vb feminine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | seanmhair | seanmhairean |
| Genitive | seanmhar | sheanmhairean |
| Dative | seanmhair | seanmhairean |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) t-seanmhair | (na) seanmhairean |
| Genitive | (na) seanmhar | (nan) seanmhairean |
| Dative | (an) t-seanmhair | (na) seanmhairean |
| Vocative | (a) sheanmhair | (a) sheanmhairean |
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| seanmhair | sheanmhair after "an", t-seanmhair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “seanmhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “senmáthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language