sonasach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)

  1. happy, lucky, fortunate

Declension

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Declension of sonasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative sonasach shonasach sonasacha;
shonasacha²
Vocative shonasaigh sonasacha
Genitive sonasaí sonasacha sonasach
Dative sonasach;
shonasach¹ 		shonasach;
shonasaigh (archaic) 		sonasacha;
shonasacha²
Comparative níos sonasaí
Superlative is sonasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

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