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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sásta (“satisfied; satisfactory”), from sásaid (“to satisfy”) (compare modern sásaigh (“assuage appetite, feed; satisfy, please”)).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sásta
- satisfied, contented, pleased
- agreeable, willing
- handy
- easy to handle, to manage
- convenient
- clever with one’s hands
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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sásta
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shásta
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sásta;
shásta²
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| Vocative
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shásta
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sásta
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| Genitive
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sásta
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sásta
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sásta
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| Dative
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sásta;
shásta¹
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shásta
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sásta;
shásta²
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| Comparative
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níos sásta
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| Superlative
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is sásta
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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
- míshásta (“displeased, dissatisfied; awkward”)
- sástacht (“satisfaction; contentment, ease; agreeableness, willingness; handiness”)
- sástaí (“handy, deft, skilful person”)
Noun
sásta m
- genitive singular of sásamh
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| sásta
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shásta
after an, tsásta
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
sásta
- past participle of sásaid
Adjective
sásta
- satisfied, content
- capable of giving satisfaction, satisfactory, agreeable, pleasant
Noun
sásta
- genitive singular of sásad
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| sásta
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ṡásta
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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