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suáilceach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From suáilce +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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suáilceach (genitive singular masculine suáilcigh, genitive singular feminine suáilcí, plural suáilceacha, comparative suáilcí)

  1. virtuous, good-living, well-behaved
  2. joyful, pleasant, happy

Declension

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Declension of suáilceach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative suáilceach shuáilceach suáilceacha;
shuáilceacha²
Vocative shuáilcigh suáilceacha
Genitive suáilcí suáilceacha suáilceach
Dative suáilceach;
shuáilceach¹ 		shuáilceach;
shuáilcigh (archaic) 		suáilceacha;
shuáilceacha²
Comparative níos suáilcí
Superlative is suáilcí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

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