seanchailleach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • sean-chailleach

Etymology

From sean- (“old”) +‎ cailleach (“witch”).

Noun

seanchailleach f (genitive singular seanchaillí, nominative plural seanchailleacha)

  1. (derogatory) old woman
  2. crone, old hag, old witch

Declension
Declension of seanchailleach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seanchailleach seanchailleacha
Vocative a sheanchailleach a sheanchailleacha
Genitive seanchaillí seanchailleach
Dative seanchailleach
seanchailligh (archaic, dialectal)		 seanchailleacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tseanchailleach na seanchailleacha
Genitive na seanchaillí na seanchailleach
Dative leis an tseanchailleach
leis an tseanchailligh (archaic, dialectal)

don tseanchailleach
don tseanchailligh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na seanchailleacha

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

Further reading
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