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sreangach
sreangach
Irish
Adjective
sreangach (genitive singular masculine sreangaigh, genitive singular feminine sreangaí, plural sreangacha, comparative sreangaí)
Declension
Declension of sreangach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sreangach | sreangach¹ | sreangacha³ | |
| Vocative | sreangaigh¹ | sreangach¹ | sreangacha | |
| Genitive | sreangaigh¹ | sreangaí (obsolete) sreangaighe |
sreangacha | sreangach |
| Dative | sreangach² | sreangach¹ (archaic) sreangaigh¹ |
sreangacha³ | |
| Comparative | sreangaí (obsolete) sreangaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- sreangshúil f (“bloodshot eye”)
- sreangshúileach (“having bloodshot eyes”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sreangach | shreangach after an, tsreangach |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sreangach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.