samhnasach

See also: samhnásach

Irish

Alternative forms

• samhnásach

Etymology

From samhnas (“nausea; disgust”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

samhnasach (genitive singular masculine samhnasaigh, genitive singular feminine samhnasaí, plural samhnasacha, comparative samhnasaí)

1. nauseating, disgusting
2. easily nauseated, queasy, squeamish

Declension

Declension of samhnasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	samhnasach	shamhnasach	samhnasacha; shamhnasacha²
Vocative	shamhnasaigh		samhnasacha
Genitive		samhnasaí	samhnasacha	samhnasach
Dative	samhnasach; shamhnasach¹	shamhnasach; shamhnasaigh (archaic)	samhnasacha; shamhnasacha²
Comparative	níos samhnasaí
Superlative	is samhnasaí

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

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “samhnasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “samhnasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “samhnasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024