suntasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• sundasach

Etymology

From suntas (“notice, attention; significance, signification”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

suntasach (genitive singular masculine suntasaigh, genitive singular feminine suntasaí, plural suntasacha, comparative suntasaí)

1. noticeable, distinctive
2. significant

   Synonym: tábhachtach

3. appreciable, sizeable
4. salient, significant
5. Synonym of suaithinseach

Declension

Declension of suntasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	suntasach	shuntasach	suntasacha; shuntasacha²
Vocative	shuntasaigh		suntasacha
Genitive		suntasaí	suntasacha	suntasach
Dative	suntasach; shuntasach¹	shuntasach; shuntasaigh (archaic)	suntasacha; shuntasacha²
Comparative	níos suntasaí
Superlative	is suntasaí

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

• digit shuntasach, figiúr suntasach

Related terms

• suntasacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suntasach	shuntasach after an, tsuntasach	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) “suntasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “suntasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “suntasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.