sneachtach

Irish

Etymology

From sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sneachtach (genitive singular masculine sneachtaigh, genitive singular feminine sneachtaí, plural sneachtacha, comparative sneachtaí)

1. Synonym of sneachtúil (“snowy”)

Declension

Declension of sneachtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sneachtach	shneachtach	sneachtacha; shneachtacha²
Vocative	shneachtaigh		sneachtacha
Genitive		sneachtaí	sneachtacha	sneachtach
Dative	sneachtach; shneachtach¹	shneachtach; shneachtaigh (archaic)	sneachtacha; shneachtacha²
Comparative	níos sneachtaí
Superlative	is sneachtaí

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
sneachtach	shneachtach after an, tsneachtach	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) “sneachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN