From Old Irish substaintech, from substaint, from Latin substantia. By surface analysis, substaint + -ach.
substainteach (genitive singular masculine substaintigh, genitive singular feminine substaintí, plural substainteacha, comparative substaintí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | substainteach | shubstainteach | substainteacha; shubstainteacha2 | |
vocative | shubstaintigh | substainteacha | ||
genitive | substaintí | substainteacha | substainteach | |
dative | substainteach; shubstainteach1 |
shubstainteach; shubstaintigh (archaic) |
substainteacha; shubstainteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos substaintí | |||
Superlative | is substaintí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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substainteach | shubstainteach after an, tsubstainteach |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.