seanfhocal

Irish

Alternative forms
  • sean-fhocal, seana-fhocal[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish senḟocul.[2] By surface analysis, sean- +‎ focal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃanˠɔkəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʃanˠɔkəlˠ/

Noun

seanfhocal m (genitive singular seanfhocail, nominative plural seanfhocail)

  1. proverb

Declension
Declension of seanfhocal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seanfhocal seanfhocail
Vocative a sheanfhocail a sheanfhocala
Genitive seanfhocail seanfhocal
Dative seanfhocal seanfhocail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seanfhocal na seanfhocail
Genitive an tseanfhocail na seanfhocal
Dative leis an seanfhocal

don seanfhocal

 leis na seanfhocail

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

References
  1. “seanfhocal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “senḟocul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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