sonasach

Irish

Etymology

From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)

1. happy, lucky, fortunate

Declension

Declension of sonasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sonasach	shonasach	sonasacha; shonasacha²
Vocative	shonasaigh		sonasacha
Genitive		sonasaí	sonasacha	sonasach
Dative	sonasach; shonasach¹	shonasach; shonasaigh (archaic)	sonasacha; shonasacha²
Comparative	níos sonasaí
Superlative	is sonasaí

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
sonasach	shonasach after an, tsonasach	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) “sonasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sonasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sonasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024