snasach

Irish

Etymology

From snas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

snasach (genitive singular masculine snasaigh, genitive singular feminine snasaí, plural snasacha, comparative snasaí)

1. Synonym of snasta

Declension

Declension of snasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	snasach	shnasach	snasacha; shnasacha²
Vocative	shnasaigh		snasacha
Genitive		snasaí	snasacha	snasach
Dative	snasach; shnasach¹	shnasach; shnasaigh (archaic)	snasacha; shnasacha²
Comparative	níos snasaí
Superlative	is snasaí

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
snasach	shnasach after an, tsnasach	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) “snasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN