soineanta
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From soineann (“fair weather”) + -ta; compare Scottish Gaelic soineannta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]soineanta
- (of weather) pleasant, fine, serene, calm
- (of people) innocent, naive, guileless, simple, ingenuous, artless
Declension
[edit]Declension of soineanta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | soineanta | shoineanta | soineanta; shoineanta² | |
| Vocative | shoineanta | soineanta | ||
| Genitive | soineanta | soineanta | soineanta | |
| Dative | soineanta; shoineanta¹ |
shoineanta | soineanta; shoineanta² | |
| Comparative | níos soineanta | |||
| Superlative | is soineanta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| soineanta | shoineanta after an, tsoineanta |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “soineanta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soinennta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soineannda”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 671
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soineanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN