sonrach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

sonrach (genitive singular masculine sonraigh, genitive singular feminine sonraí, plural sonracha, comparative sonraí)

1. particular, specific
2. Alternative form of sonraíoch (“noticeable, remarkable; peculiar, extraordinary; abnormal, grotesque”)

Declension

Declension of sonrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sonrach	shonrach	sonracha; shonracha²
Vocative	shonraigh		sonracha
Genitive		sonraí	sonracha	sonrach
Dative	sonrach; shonrach¹	shonrach; shonraigh (archaic)	sonracha; shonracha²
Comparative	níos sonraí
Superlative	is sonraí

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

• leagáid shonrach
• sonrachas

 

Mutation

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sonrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sonrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024