sámhasach

Irish

Etymology

From sámhas +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːmˠəsˠax/ (as if spelled sómasach)

Adjective

sámhasach (genitive singular masculine sámhasaigh, genitive singular feminine sámhasaí, plural sámhasacha, comparative sámhasaí)

1. pleasant

Declension

Declension of sámhasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sámhasach	shámhasach	sámhasacha; shámhasacha²
Vocative	shámhasaigh		sámhasacha
Genitive		sámhasaí	sámhasacha	sámhasach
Dative	sámhasach; shámhasach¹	shámhasach; shámhasaigh (archaic)	sámhasacha; shámhasacha²
Comparative	níos sámhasaí
Superlative	is sámhasaí

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
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sámhasach	shámhasach after an, tsámhasach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “sámhasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáṁasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 591
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sámhasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN