sinsear

From Old Irish sinser (“elder, eldest; senior”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/

sinsear m (genitive singular sinsir, nominative plural sinsir)

1. ancestor, progenitor
2. elder, senior citizen
3. senior (various senses)

• sinsearach (“senior person; ancestor”)
• foirfeach (“aged, mature person; elder”)

• sinsearach (“senior person; ancestor”)
• sinsearacht (“heredity; seniority; ancestry”)
• sinseartha (“ancestral”)