sonach
Irish
Etymology
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Adjective
sonach (genitive singular masculine sonaigh, genitive singular feminine sonaí, plural sonacha, comparative sonaí)
Declension
Declension of sonach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sonach | shonach | sonacha; shonacha² | |
| Vocative | shonaigh | sonacha | ||
| Genitive | sonaí | sonacha | sonach | |
| Dative | sonach; shonach¹ |
shonach; shonaigh (archaic) |
sonacha; shonacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sonaí | |||
| Superlative | is sonaí | |||
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
- foshonach (“subsonic”, adjective)
- tormán sonach (“sonic boom”)
- ultrasonach (“ultrasonic”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sonach | shonach after an, tsonach |
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) “sonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “sonic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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