smutach

Irish

Etymology

From smut (“stump; short piece; portion; snout; sulky expression, huff”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

smutach (genitive singular masculine smutaigh, genitive singular feminine smutaí, plural smutacha, comparative smutaí)

1. stumpy; curtailed, short
2. snouty; pug-nosed
3. sulky

Declension

Declension of smutach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	smutach	smutach	smutacha
Vocative	smutaigh		smutacha
Genitive		smutaí	smutacha	smutach
Dative	smutach	smutach; smutaigh (archaic)	smutacha
Comparative	níos smutaí
Superlative	is smutaí

Synonyms

• smutúil

Derived terms

• smutachán m (“snouty person; pug-nosed person; sulky person”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “smutach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN