suarach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
suarach (genitive singular masculine suaraigh, genitive singular feminine suaraí, plural suaracha, comparative suaraí)
Declension edit
Declension of suarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | suarach | shuarach | suaracha; shuaracha² | |
| Vocative | shuaraigh | suaracha | ||
| Genitive | suaraí | suaracha | suarach | |
| Dative | suarach; shuarach¹ |
shuarach; shuaraigh (archaic) |
suaracha; shuaracha² | |
| Comparative | níos suaraí | |||
| Superlative | is suaraí | |||
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 edit
- páipéar suarach m (“rag”)
- suarachán m (“petty, insignificant, person; mean, contemptible, person”)
- suarachas m (“pettiness, paltriness, insignificance; meanness, sordidness”)
Related terms edit
- suaraigh (“demean”, transitive verb)
- suaraíocht f (“meanness, insignificance”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suarach | shuarach after an, tsuarach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súarrach, súairrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech.
Adjective edit
suarach (comparative suaraiche)
- abject, base
- contemptible, degenerate, despised, mean, vile, petty
- Tha mi ga cur suarach. ― I despise her.
- indifferent
- ignoble inferior, negligible, shoddy, trashy, tawdry
- silly, trivial, unimportant, valueless
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “suarach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súarrach, súairrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language