suarach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠuˑəɾˠəx/
Adjective
suarach (genitive singular masculine suaraigh, genitive singular feminine suaraí, plural suaracha, comparative suaraí)
- paltry, petty, insignificant; mean, contemptible
- airy, frivolous
Declension
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
- páipéar suarach m (“rag”)
- suarachán m (“petty, insignificant, person; mean, contemptible, person”)
- suarachas m (“pettiness, paltriness, insignificance; meanness, sordidness”)
Related terms
- suaraigh (“demean”, transitive verb)
- suaraíocht f (“meanness, insignificance”)
Mutation
| 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
- 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
Etymology
From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech.
Adjective
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
- bi suarach mu
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “suarach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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