sneachtach
Irish
Etymology
From sneachta (“snow”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
sneachtach (genitive singular masculine sneachtaigh, genitive singular feminine sneachtaí, plural sneachtacha, comparative sneachtaí)
- Synonym of sneachtúil (“snowy”)
Declension
Declension of sneachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sneachtach | shneachtach | sneachtacha; shneachtacha² | |
| Vocative | shneachtaigh | sneachtacha | ||
| Genitive | sneachtaí | sneachtacha | sneachtach | |
| Dative | sneachtach; shneachtach¹ |
shneachtach; shneachtaigh (archaic) |
sneachtacha; shneachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sneachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is sneachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sneachtach | shneachtach after an, tsneachtach |
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) “sneachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN