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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ˈʃan̪ˠəxəsˠ/, /ˈʃanˠəxəsˠ/, /ˈʃanˠəxəsˠk/ [Ulster], /ˈʃan̪ˠəxəsˠk/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish senchas, senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”), from senchae (“custodian of tradition, historian”) + -as, -us; senchae is from *seno-kʷoisos (literally “old witness”), from Proto-Celtic *senos (“old”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sénos), plus a derivative of *kʷiseti (“to see”); see ad·cí for more. By surface analysis, seancha (“genealogist, historigrapher”) + -as. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|senchas}} Old Irish senchas, {{m|sga|senchus|t=old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law}} senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”), {{m|sga|senchae|t=custodian of tradition, historian}} senchae (“custodian of tradition, historian”), {{m|sga|-as}} -as, {{m|sga|-us}} -us, {{m|sga|senchae}} senchae, {{m|cel-pro|*senokʷoisos|*seno-kʷoisos|lit=old witness}} *seno-kʷoisos (literally “old witness”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*senos|t=old}} Proto-Celtic *senos (“old”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*sénos}} Proto-Indo-European *sénos, {{m|cel-pro|*kʷiseti|t=to see}} *kʷiseti (“to see”), {{m|sga|ad·cí}} ad·cí, {{surf|ga|seancha|-as|t1=genealogist, historigrapher}} By surface analysis, seancha (“genealogist, historigrapher”) + -as Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|seanchais|or|seanchasa||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais or seanchasa), {{ga-noun|m|seanchais|-|gen2=seanchasa}} seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais or seanchasa) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1-nopl|se|anchas|anchais}}, {{ga-decl-m3-nopl|se|anchas|anchasa}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: seanchais [genitive, singular], seanchasa [genitive, singular], no-plural [table-tags], seanchas [indefinite, nominative, singular], a sheanchais [indefinite, singular, vocative], seanchais [genitive, indefinite, singular], seanchas [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an seanchas [definite, nominative, singular], an tseanchais [definite, genitive, singular], leis an seanchas [dative, definite, singular], don seanchas [dative, definite, singular], no-plural [table-tags], seanchas [indefinite, nominative, singular], a sheanchas [indefinite, singular, vocative], seanchasa [genitive, indefinite, singular], seanchas [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an seanchas [definite, nominative, singular], an tseanchasa [definite, genitive, singular], leis an seanchas [dative, definite, singular], don seanchas [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], seanchas [mutation, mutation-radical], sheanchas [lenition, mutation], tseanchas [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. the body of historical, genealogical, etc., information that has been handed down by tradition Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Communication
    Sense id: en-seanchas-ga-noun-wumw0H~L Disambiguation of Communication: 43 28 9 11 9 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -as Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 44 5 4 7 40 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -as: 32 11 4 20 32
  2. (literary) history, lore, ancient tale (such as a fairy tale), account Tags: literary, masculine Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-seanchas-ga-noun-w7M9-QPv Disambiguation of History: 0 86 0 14 0 Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -as Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -as: 32 11 4 20 32
  3. (literary) ancient law Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-seanchas-ga-noun-EBo7emy7
  4. pedigree Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Genealogy
    Sense id: en-seanchas-ga-noun-GEcHTRwl Disambiguation of Genealogy: 16 19 2 58 5 Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -as Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -as: 32 11 4 20 32
  5. (act of) storytelling, gossiping; chatting, inquiring about another's health, etc. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seanchas-ga-noun-lyV3kR6Y Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -as Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 44 5 4 7 40 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -as: 32 11 4 20 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seanchasc [Ulster], seanchus (english: superseded) Derived forms: banseanchas (english: women’s lore), dinnseanchas [topography, geography, natural-sciences], naomhsheanchas [hagiography, history, religion, lifestyle, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: seanchaí (english: storyteller)

Noun [Scottish Gaelic]

IPA: /ˈʃɛnəxəs̪/ Forms: seanchais [genitive, singular], seanchasan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], seanchas [mutation, mutation-radical], sheanchas [lenition, mutation], after "an" [lenition, mutation], t-seanchas [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish senchas, senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|senchas}} Old Irish senchas, {{m|sga|senchus|t=old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law}} senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|seanchais|||||||plural|seanchasan||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais, plural seanchasan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=seanchais|pl=seanchasan}} seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais, plural seanchasan) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|se|anchas}}
  1. lore Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seanchas-gd-noun-tlmOg481
  2. chat, talk, gossip Tags: masculine Synonyms: agallamh, còmhradh
    Sense id: en-seanchas-gd-noun-ifdvI96M Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seanachas

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "women’s lore",
      "word": "banseanchas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "topography",
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "dinnseanchas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "hagiography",
        "history",
        "religion",
        "lifestyle",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "naomhsheanchas"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "senchas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish senchas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *senos (“old”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sénos",
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "*kʷiseti (“to see”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "seancha",
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        "t1": "genealogist, historigrapher"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, seancha (“genealogist, historigrapher”) + -as",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish senchas, senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”), from senchae (“custodian of tradition, historian”) + -as, -us; senchae is from *seno-kʷoisos (literally “old witness”), from Proto-Celtic *senos (“old”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sénos), plus a derivative of *kʷiseti (“to see”); see ad·cí for more. By surface analysis, seancha (“genealogist, historigrapher”) + -as.",
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      "form": "seanchais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchasa",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a sheanchais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tseanchais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m3-nopl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a sheanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchasa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m3-nopl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tseanchasa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tseanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "seanchais",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "seanchasa",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais or seanchasa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "seanchais",
        "3": "-",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "anchas",
        "3": "anchais"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "storyteller",
      "word": "seanchaí"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 5 4 7 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 4 20 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -as",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 28 9 11 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Communication",
          "orig": "ga:Communication",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the body of historical, genealogical, etc., information that has been handed down by tradition"
      ],
      "id": "en-seanchas-ga-noun-wumw0H~L",
      "links": [
        [
          "historical",
          "historical"
        ],
        [
          "genealogical",
          "genealogical"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 4 20 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -as",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 86 0 14 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "History",
          "orig": "ga:History",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nationally, the race, the language, the customs and traditions of Ireland are radically distinct from the English.",
          "roman": "I gcúrsáibh náisiúntachta, tá deighilt ó bhonn idir Éire agus Sacsa i dtaoibh cineadh is teangan, béas is nós is seanchus.",
          "text": "1919, First Dáil of Ireland, Message to the Free Nations of the World",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Those are the Book of the Polish Nation and the Book of the Polish Pilgrims, books that were not made up, but collected from the books of Polish lore, […]",
          "ref": "1920, Adam Mickiewicz, translated by Liam Ó Rinn, Leabhar na Polainne (translation of Księgi narodu polskiego i pielgrzymstwa polskiego), p. 93",
          "text": "Siniad Leabhar an Náisiúin Pholannaig agus Leabhar na nOilithreach bPolannach, leabhair nár ceapadh, ach a cnósadh a’ leabhraibh seanchuis na Polainne, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "history, lore, ancient tale (such as a fairy tale), account"
      ],
      "id": "en-seanchas-ga-noun-w7M9-QPv",
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "lore",
          "lore"
        ],
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "fairy tale",
          "fairy tale"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) history, lore, ancient tale (such as a fairy tale), account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "ancient law"
      ],
      "id": "en-seanchas-ga-noun-EBo7emy7",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) ancient law"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 4 20 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -as",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 19 2 58 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Genealogy",
          "orig": "ga:Genealogy",
          "parents": [
            "Genetics",
            "History",
            "Biology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pedigree"
      ],
      "id": "en-seanchas-ga-noun-GEcHTRwl",
      "links": [
        [
          "pedigree",
          "pedigree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 5 4 7 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 11 4 20 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -as",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She spoke to him but he was not willing to do any chatting.",
          "ref": "1906, “Scéal Ghiolla na gCochall Craicionn”, Téacsanna ó na Gleannta, printed in E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, p. 231",
          "text": "Labhair sí leis ⁊ ní robh sé fonnmhar seanchas(c) air bith do dheánadh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Tomás Ó Criomhthain, An t-Oileánach, page 65",
          "roman": "It wasn’t this advice from my mother that moderated me the most, but I was very attached to Tomás’s storytelling, and I made the choice to listen to him.",
          "text": "Ní h-í an chomhairle sin óm’ mháthair is mó do mhaoluigh me ach bhíos ana-thugtha do sheanchas Thomáis agus thógas de rogha bheith ag éisteacht leis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "storytelling, gossiping; chatting, inquiring about another's health, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-seanchas-ga-noun-lyV3kR6Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "storytelling",
          "storytelling"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃanˠəxəsˠ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃanˠəxəsˠk/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃan̪ˠəxəsˠk/",
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        "Ulster"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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}

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛnəxəs̪/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "*kʷiseti (“to see”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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      "expansion": "ad·cí",
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      "form": "seanchasa",
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      "form": "no-plural",
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      "form": "seanchas",
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    {
      "form": "a sheanchais",
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    {
      "form": "seanchais",
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    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
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    {
      "form": "an seanchas",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "an tseanchais",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leis an seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m3-nopl",
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    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a sheanchas",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchasa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m3-nopl",
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      "form": "an seanchas",
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    },
    {
      "form": "an tseanchasa",
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    },
    {
      "form": "leis an seanchas",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "don seanchas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "seanchas",
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    {
      "form": "sheanchas",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tseanchas",
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      "tags": [
        "lenition",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "f1request": "1",
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    {
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  ],
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        [
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          "genealogical",
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        [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nationally, the race, the language, the customs and traditions of Ireland are radically distinct from the English.",
          "roman": "I gcúrsáibh náisiúntachta, tá deighilt ó bhonn idir Éire agus Sacsa i dtaoibh cineadh is teangan, béas is nós is seanchus.",
          "text": "1919, First Dáil of Ireland, Message to the Free Nations of the World",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Those are the Book of the Polish Nation and the Book of the Polish Pilgrims, books that were not made up, but collected from the books of Polish lore, […]",
          "ref": "1920, Adam Mickiewicz, translated by Liam Ó Rinn, Leabhar na Polainne (translation of Księgi narodu polskiego i pielgrzymstwa polskiego), p. 93",
          "text": "Siniad Leabhar an Náisiúin Pholannaig agus Leabhar na nOilithreach bPolannach, leabhair nár ceapadh, ach a cnósadh a’ leabhraibh seanchuis na Polainne, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "history, lore, ancient tale (such as a fairy tale), account"
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        [
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          "lore",
          "lore"
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        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "fairy tale",
          "fairy tale"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) history, lore, ancient tale (such as a fairy tale), account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancient law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "law"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) ancient law"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pedigree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "She spoke to him but he was not willing to do any chatting.",
          "ref": "1906, “Scéal Ghiolla na gCochall Craicionn”, Téacsanna ó na Gleannta, printed in E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, p. 231",
          "text": "Labhair sí leis ⁊ ní robh sé fonnmhar seanchas(c) air bith do dheánadh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Tomás Ó Criomhthain, An t-Oileánach, page 65",
          "roman": "It wasn’t this advice from my mother that moderated me the most, but I was very attached to Tomás’s storytelling, and I made the choice to listen to him.",
          "text": "Ní h-í an chomhairle sin óm’ mháthair is mó do mhaoluigh me ach bhíos ana-thugtha do sheanchas Thomáis agus thógas de rogha bheith ag éisteacht leis.",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃan̪ˠəxəsˠ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃanˠəxəsˠ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃanˠəxəsˠk/",
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        "Ulster"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃan̪ˠəxəsˠk/",
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    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "senchus",
        "t": "old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law"
      },
      "expansion": "senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish senchas, senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seanchais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchasan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "after \"an\"",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-seanchas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "seanchais",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "seanchasan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais, plural seanchasan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "seanchais",
        "pl": "seanchasan"
      },
      "expansion": "seanchas m (genitive singular seanchais, plural seanchasan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "anchas"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lore",
          "lore"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chat, talk, gossip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chat",
          "chat"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "agallamh"
        },
        {
          "word": "còmhradh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛnəxəs̪/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seanachas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seanchas"
}

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