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

Synonyms

Adjective

sinsearach

  1. senior
  2. ancestral

Declension

Declension of sinsearach
Positive singular plural
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

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.

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