sásta

See also: saasta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sásta (“satisfied; satisfactory”), from sásaid (“to satisfy”) (compare modern sásaigh (“assuage appetite, feed; satisfy, please”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɑːsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠæːsˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

sásta

1. satisfied, contented, pleased
2. agreeable, willing
3. handy
   1. easy to handle, to manage
   2. convenient
   3. clever with one’s hands

Declension

Declension of sásta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sásta	shásta	sásta; shásta²
Vocative	shásta		sásta
Genitive		sásta	sásta	sásta
Dative	sásta; shásta¹	shásta	sásta; shásta²
Comparative	níos sásta
Superlative	is sásta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• míshásta (“displeased, dissatisfied; awkward”)
• sástacht (“satisfaction; contentment, ease; agreeableness, willingness; handiness”)
• sástaí (“handy, deft, skilful person”)

Descendants

• → Yola: saasty

Noun

sásta m

1. genitive singular of sásamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sásta	shásta after an, tsásta	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaːsta]

Verb

sásta

1. past participle of sásaid

Adjective

sásta

1. satisfied, content
2. capable of giving satisfaction, satisfactory, agreeable, pleasant

Noun

sásta

1. genitive singular of sásad

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sásta	ṡásta	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.