seanchaí

== Irish == === Alternative forms === seanchaidhe, seanchuidhe (superseded) === Etymology === From Old Irish senchaid. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, Manx shennaghee. === Noun === seanchaí m (genitive singular seanchaí, nominative plural seanchaidhe) seannachie, historian, storyteller ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: seannachie, schenachy, seannachy, senachie, senachy, sennachie, sennachy, shanachie, shanachy, shenachie → Middle Scots: schenachy> Scots: shenachie (inherited) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “seanċuiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 628 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “seanċaiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1007; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seanchaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN