sonasach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sonasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sonasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sonasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.