sotalach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From sotal (“pride, arrogance; cockiness, impudence”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
sotalach (genitive singular masculine sotalaigh, genitive singular feminine sotalaí, plural sotalacha, comparative sotalaí)
Declension edit
Declension of sotalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sotalach | shotalach | sotalacha; shotalacha² | |
| Vocative | shotalaigh | sotalacha | ||
| Genitive | sotalaí | sotalacha | sotalach | |
| Dative | sotalach; shotalach¹ |
shotalach; shotalaigh (archaic) |
sotalacha; shotalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sotalaí | |||
| Superlative | is sotalaí | |||
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 |
| sotalach | shotalach after an, tsotalach |
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) “sotalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sotalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sotalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024