senchaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

sencaid

Etymology

From senchae +‎ -id.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsenxɨðʲ]

Noun

senchaid m (genitive senchada)

reciter of lore, historian

Declension

Masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	senchaid	senchaid^L	senchaidi^H
vocative	senchaid	senchaid^L	senchaidi^H
accusative	senchaid^N	senchaid^L	senchaidi^H
genitive	senchado^H, senchada^H	senchado^H, senchada^H	senchaide^N
dative	senchaid^L	senchaidib	senchaidib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

senchas

Descendants

Irish: seanchaí, seanchaidhe, seanchuidhe (superseded)
- → English: seannachie, schenachy, seannachy, senachie, senachy, sennachie, sennachy, shanachie, shanachy, shenachie
- → Middle Scots: schenachy
  - > Scots: shenachie (inherited)
Manx: shennaghee
Scottish Gaelic: seanchaidh, seanachaidh
- → Middle Scots: schenachy
  - > Scots: shenachie (inherited)
- → English: seannachie, schenachy, seannachy, senachie, senachy, sennachie, sennachy, shanachie, shanachy, shenachie
⇒ Middle Irish: senchaidecht

Mutation

Mutation of *senchaid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
senchaid	ṡenchaid	senchaid

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “senchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language