seanfhocal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sean-fhocal, seana-fhocal[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish senḟocul.[2] By surface analysis, sean- +‎ focal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃanˠɔkəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʃanˠɔkəlˠ/

Noun

seanfhocal m (genitive singular seanfhocail, nominative plural seanfhocail)

  1. proverb

Declension

Declension of seanfhocal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seanfhocal seanfhocail
vocative a sheanfhocail a sheanfhocala
genitive seanfhocail seanfhocal
dative seanfhocal seanfhocail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seanfhocal na seanfhocail
genitive an tseanfhocail na seanfhocal
dative leis an seanfhocal
don seanfhocal 		leis na seanfhocail

Mutation

Mutated forms of seanfhocal
radical lenition eclipsis
seanfhocal sheanfhocal
after an, tseanfhocal 		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. ^ “seanfhocal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “senḟocul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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