Safach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
Safach (genitive singular masculine Safaigh, genitive singular feminine Safaí, plural Safacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of Safach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Safach | Shafach | Safacha; Shafacha² | |
Vocative | Shafaigh | Safacha | ||
Genitive | Safaí | Safacha | Safach | |
Dative | Safach; Shafach¹ |
Shafach; Shafaigh (archaic) |
Safacha; Shafacha² | |
Comparative | níos Safaí | |||
Superlative | is Safaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
Safach m (genitive singular Safaigh, nominative plural Safaigh)
Declension edit
Declension of Safach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Safach | Shafach after an, tSafach |
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) “Safach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Safach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.