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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From suáilce + -ach.
Adjective
suáilceach (genitive singular masculine suáilcigh, genitive singular feminine suáilcí, plural suáilceacha, comparative suáilcí)
- virtuous, good-living, well-behaved
- joyful, pleasant, happy
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| suáilceach
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shuáilceach
after an, tsuáilceach
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suáilceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “suḃáilceaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Entries containing “suáilceach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suáilceach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.