sreangach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From sreang (“string; wire, cord”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
sreangach (genitive singular masculine sreangaigh, genitive singular feminine sreangaí, plural sreangacha, comparative sreangaí)
Declension edit
Declension of sreangach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sreangach | shreangach | sreangacha; shreangacha² | |
| Vocative | shreangaigh | sreangacha | ||
| Genitive | sreangaí | sreangacha | sreangach | |
| Dative | sreangach; shreangach¹ |
shreangach; shreangaigh (archaic) |
sreangacha; shreangacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sreangaí | |||
| Superlative | is sreangaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- sreangshúil f (“bloodshot eye”)
- sreangshúileach (“having bloodshot eyes”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sreangach | shreangach after an, tsreangach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN