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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sinsearach sinsearaigh
Vocative a shinsearaigh a shinsearacha
Genitive sinsearaigh sinsearach
Dative sinsearach sinsearaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sinsearach shinsearach
after an, tsinsearach		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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