suntasach
Irish
Alternative forms
- sundasach
Etymology
From suntas (“notice, attention; significance, signification”) + -ach.
Adjective
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
Declension of suntasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
- digit shuntasach, figiúr suntasach
Related terms
- suntasacht
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- 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.