samhnasach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From samhnas (“nausea; disgust”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

samhnasach (genitive singular masculine samhnasaigh, genitive singular feminine samhnasaí, plural samhnasacha, comparative samhnasaí)

  1. nauseating, disgusting
  2. easily nauseated, queasy, squeamish

Declension

Declension of samhnasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative samhnasach shamhnasach samhnasacha;
shamhnasacha2
vocative shamhnasaigh samhnasacha
genitive samhnasaí samhnasacha samhnasach
dative samhnasach;
shamhnasach1 		shamhnasach;
shamhnasaigh (archaic) 		samhnasacha;
shamhnasacha2
Comparative níos samhnasaí
Superlative is samhnasaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of samhnasach
radical lenition eclipsis
samhnasach shamhnasach
after an, tsamhnasach 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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