sreangach

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Irish

Etymology

From sreang (“string; wire, cord”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sreangach (genitive singular masculine sreangaigh, genitive singular feminine sreangaí, plural sreangacha, comparative sreangaí)

  1. stringed; stringy
  2. bloodshot (of eyes)

Declension

Declension of sreangach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sreangach shreangach sreangacha;
shreangacha2
vocative shreangaigh sreangacha
genitive sreangaí sreangacha sreangach
dative sreangach;
shreangach1 		shreangach;
shreangaigh (archaic) 		sreangacha;
shreangacha2
Comparative níos sreangaí
Superlative is sreangaí

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 sreangach
radical lenition eclipsis
sreangach shreangach
after an, tsreangach 		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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