suntasach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From suntas (“notice, attention; significance, signification”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
suntasach (genitive singular masculine suntasaigh, genitive singular feminine suntasaí, plural suntasacha, comparative suntasaí)
- noticeable, distinctive
- significant
- Synonym: tábhachtach
- appreciable, sizeable
- salient, significant
- Synonym of suaithinseach
Declension edit
Declension of suntasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | suntasach | shuntasach | suntasacha; shuntasacha² | |
| Vocative | shuntasaigh | suntasacha | ||
| Genitive | suntasaí | suntasacha | suntasach | |
| Dative | suntasach; shuntasach¹ |
shuntasach; shuntasaigh (archaic) |
suntasacha; shuntasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos suntasaí | |||
| Superlative | is suntasaí | |||
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
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suntasach | shuntasach after an, tsuntasach |
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) “suntasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “suntasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suntasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.