From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) + -ach.
sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | sonasach | shonasach | sonasacha; shonasacha2 | |
vocative | shonasaigh | sonasacha | ||
genitive | sonasaí | sonasacha | sonasach | |
dative | sonasach; shonasach1 |
shonasach; shonasaigh (archaic) |
sonasacha; shonasacha2 | |
Comparative | níos sonasaí | |||
Superlative | is sonasaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sonasach | shonasach after an, tsonasach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |