suarachán

Irish

Etymology

From suarach (“paltry, petty, insignificant; mean, contemptible”) +‎ -án (nominal suffix).

Noun

suarachán m (genitive singular suaracháin, nominative plural suaracháin)

1. petty, mean person

Declension

Declension of suarachán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative suarachán suaracháin Vocative a shuaracháin a shuarachána Genitive suaracháin suarachán Dative suarachán suaracháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an suarachán na suaracháin Genitive an tsuaracháin na suarachán Dative leis an suarachán don suarachán leis na suaracháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suarachán	shuarachán after an, tsuarachán	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) “suarachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN