seanathair

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish senathair, from Old Irish senathair. By surface analysis, sean- (“old, aged; senior; mature”) +‎ athair (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠahəɾʲ/

Noun

seanathair m (genitive singular seanathar, nominative plural seanaithreacha)

1. grandfather

Inflection

Declension of seanathair

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seanathair seanaithreacha Vocative a sheanathair a sheanaithreacha Genitive seanathar seanaithreacha Dative seanathair seanaithreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seanathair na seanaithreacha Genitive an tseanathar na seanaithreacha Dative leis an tseanathair don tseanathair leis na seanaithreacha

Synonyms

• athair críonna
• athair mór

Coordinate terms

• seanmháthair (“grandmother”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seanathair	sheanathair after an, tseanathair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN