snasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]snasach (genitive singular masculine snasaigh, genitive singular feminine snasaí, plural snasacha, comparative snasaí)
- Synonym of snasta
Declension
[edit]Declension of snasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | snasach | shnasach | snasacha; shnasacha² | |
| Vocative | shnasaigh | snasacha | ||
| Genitive | snasaí | snasacha | snasach | |
| Dative | snasach; shnasach¹ |
shnasach; shnasaigh (archaic) |
snasacha; shnasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos snasaí | |||
| Superlative | is snasaí | |||
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 |
| snasach | shnasach after an, tsnasach |
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) “snasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN