suntas

Irish

Alternative forms

• sundas

Etymology

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Noun

suntas m (genitive singular suntais)

1. notice, attention
2. significance, signification

Declension

Declension of suntas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative suntas Vocative a shuntais Genitive suntais Dative suntas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an suntas Genitive an tsuntais Dative leis an suntas don suntas

Synonyms

• (significance): tábhacht, suntasacht

Derived terms

• suntasach (“noticeable, distinctive; significant; appreciable, sizeable; salient, significant”, adjective)
• suntasacht f (“prominence, distinctiveness; significance”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suntas	shuntas after an, tsuntas	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) “suntas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN