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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish subach; etymologically analyzable as subha + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
subhach (genitive singular masculine subhaigh, genitive singular feminine subhaí, plural subhacha, comparative subhaí)
- pleasant, cheerful, merry, comfortable
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| subhach
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shubhach
after an, tsubhach
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “subach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suḃaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 701
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “subhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “subhach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “subhach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75