sionoptach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin synopticus + -ach.

Adjective

sionoptach (genitive singular masculine sionoptaigh, genitive singular feminine sionoptaí, plural sionoptacha, comparative sionoptaí)

1. synoptic
2. (Christianity) Synoptic

Declension

Declension of sionoptach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sionoptach	shionoptach	sionoptacha; shionoptacha²
Vocative	shionoptaigh		sionoptacha
Genitive		sionoptaí	sionoptacha	sionoptach
Dative	sionoptach; shionoptach¹	shionoptach; shionoptaigh (archaic)	sionoptacha; shionoptacha²
Comparative	níos sionoptaí
Superlative	is sionoptaí

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

• cairt shionoptach (“synoptic chart”)
• fadhb shionoptach (“synoptic problem”)
• Sionoptaigh, Soiscéil Shionoptacha (“Synoptic Gospels”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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