santach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish santach; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sanntach. By surface analysis, saint +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

santach (genitive singular masculine santaigh, genitive singular feminine santaí, plural santacha, comparative santaí)

  1. covetous, avaricious
  2. greedy, grasping, acquisitive
  3. eager

Declension

Declension of santach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative santach santach santacha;
santacha2
vocative santaigh santacha
genitive santaí santacha santach
dative santach;
santach1 		santach;
santaigh (archaic) 		santacha;
santacha2
Comparative níos santaí
Superlative is santaí

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 santach
radical lenition eclipsis
santach shantach
after an, tsantach 		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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 162, page 82

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