seansailéir
Irish
Alternative forms
- sainsiléir
Etymology
From English chancellor or Middle English chaunceler, from Old French chancelier, from Late Latin cancellārius.
Noun
seansailéir m (genitive singular seansailéara, nominative plural seansailéirí)
Declension
Declension of seansailéir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- leas-seansailéir (“vice-chancellor”)
- Seansailéir an Státchiste (“Chancellor of the Exchequer”)
- seansailéireacht (“chancellorship; chancellory”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seansailéir | sheansailéir after an, tseansailéir |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "seansailéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “chancellor” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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