suantraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súantraige. By surface analysis, suan (“sleep”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

suantraí f (genitive singular suantraí, nominative plural suantraithe)

1. lullaby

Declension

Declension of suantraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative suantraí suantraithe Vocative a shuantraí a shuantraithe Genitive suantraí suantraithe Dative suantraí suantraithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsuantraí na suantraithe Genitive na suantraí na suantraithe Dative leis an tsuantraí don tsuantraí leis na suantraithe

See also

• geantraí
• goltraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suantraí	shuantraí after an, tsuantraí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suantraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “suantraí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “suantraí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.