seanbhean

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*sénos
PIE word
*gʷḗn

sean- +‎ bean

Pronunciation

Noun

seanbhean f (genitive singular seanmhná, nominative plural seanmhná)

  1. (both literal and figurative) old woman, old lady

Declension

Declension of seanbhean (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seanbhean seanmhná
vocative a sheanbhean a sheanmhná
genitive seanmhná seanbhan
dative seanbhean seanmhná
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseanbhean na seanmhná
genitive na seanmhná na seanbhan
dative leis an tseanbhean
don tseanbhean 		leis na seanmhná

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • an tSeanbhean Bhocht (“Ireland”, literally “the Poor Old Woman”) (poetic)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanbhean
radical lenition eclipsis
seanbhean sheanbhean
after an, tseanbhean 		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

  1. ^ “seanbhean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 268, page 62
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 319

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