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)

  1. (education, politics, religion) chancellor

Declension

Declension of seansailéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seansailéir seansailéirí
vocative a sheansailéir a sheansailéirí
genitive seansailéara seansailéirí
dative seansailéir seansailéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seansailéir na seansailéirí
genitive an tseansailéara na seansailéirí
dative leis an seansailéir
don seansailéir 		leis na seansailéirí

Derived terms

  • leas-seansailéir (“vice-chancellor”)
  • Seansailéir an Státchiste (“Chancellor of the Exchequer”)
  • seansailéireacht (“chancellorship; chancellory”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seansailéir
radical lenition eclipsis
seansailéir sheansailéir
after an, tseansailéir 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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