substainteach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish substaintech, from substaint, from Latin substantia. Synchronically substaint + -ach.
Adjective
substainteach (genitive singular masculine substaintigh, genitive singular feminine substaintí, plural substainteacha, comparative substaintí)
- substantial, solid, well-to-do
Declension
Declension of substainteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | substainteach | shubstainteach | substainteacha; shubstainteacha² | |
| Vocative | shubstaintigh | substainteacha | ||
| Genitive | substaintí | substainteacha | substainteach | |
| Dative | substainteach; shubstainteach¹ | shubstainteach; shubstaintigh (archaic) | substainteacha; shubstainteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos substaintí | |||
| Superlative | is substaintí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- substaint
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| substainteach | shubstainteach after an, tsubstainteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||