seanmháthair

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish senmáthair; synchronically sean- (“old”) +‎ máthair (“mother”).

Noun

seanmháthair f (genitive singular seanmháthar, nominative plural seanmháithreacha)

  1. grandmother

Declension
Declension of seanmháthair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seanmháthair seanmháithreacha
Vocative a sheanmháthair a sheanmháithreacha
Genitive seanmháthar seanmháithreacha
Dative seanmháthair seanmháithreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tseanmháthair na seanmháithreacha
Genitive na seanmháthar na seanmháithreacha
Dative leis an tseanmháthair

don tseanmháthair

 leis na seanmháithreacha

Coordinate terms

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

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