sreangach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sreang (“string; wire, cord”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]sreangach (genitive singular masculine sreangaigh, genitive singular feminine sreangaí, plural sreangacha, comparative sreangaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sreangach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sreangach | shreangach | sreangacha; shreangacha² | |
Vocative | shreangaigh | sreangacha | ||
Genitive | sreangaí | sreangacha | sreangach | |
Dative | sreangach; shreangach¹ |
shreangach; shreangaigh (archaic) |
sreangacha; shreangacha² | |
Comparative | níos sreangaí | |||
Superlative | is sreangaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- sreangshúil f (“bloodshot eye”)
- sreangshúileach (“having bloodshot eyes”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sreangach | shreangach after an, tsreangach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN