substainteach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish substaintech, from substaint, from Latin substantia. By surface analysis, substaint +‎ -ach.

Adjective

substainteach (genitive singular masculine substaintigh, genitive singular feminine substaintí, plural substainteacha, comparative substaintí)

1. substantial, solid, well-to-do

Declension

Declension of substainteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	substainteach	shubstainteach	substainteacha; shubstainteacha²
Vocative	shubstaintigh		substainteacha
Genitive		substaintí	substainteacha	substainteach
Dative	substainteach; shubstainteach¹	shubstainteach; shubstaintigh (archaic)	substainteacha; shubstainteacha²
Comparative	níos substaintí
Superlative	is substaintí

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

Derived terms

• briathar substainteach

Related terms

• substaint

Mutation

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