saonta
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of sodhantach, sodhanta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]saonta
Declension
[edit]Declension of saonta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | saonta | shaonta | saonta; shaonta² | |
| Vocative | shaonta | saonta | ||
| Genitive | saonta | saonta | saonta | |
| Dative | saonta; shaonta¹ |
shaonta | saonta; shaonta² | |
| Comparative | níos saonta | |||
| Superlative | is saonta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
[edit]- “saonta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soḋantaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 668
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sonntaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 674
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saonta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN