sin-seanathair

Irish

Etymology

sin- (“great”) +‎ sean- (“old”) +‎ athair (“father”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃinʲʃanˠahəɾʲ/

Noun

sin-seanathair m (genitive singular sin-seanathar, nominative plural sin-seanaithreacha)

  1. great-grandfather
    Synonym: garathair m

Declension

Declension of sin-seanathair (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sin-seanathair sin-seanaithreacha
vocative a shin-seanathair a shin-seanaithreacha
genitive sin-seanathar sin-seanaithreacha
dative sin-seanathair sin-seanaithreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sin-seanathair na sin-seanaithreacha
genitive an tsin-seanathar na sin-seanaithreacha
dative leis an tsin-seanathair
don tsin-seanathair 		leis na sin-seanaithreacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sin-seanathair
radical lenition eclipsis
sin-seanathair shin-seanathair
after an, tsin-seanathair 		not applicable

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

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