sotalach

Irish

Etymology

From sotal (“pride, arrogance; cockiness, impudence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sotalach (genitive singular masculine sotalaigh, genitive singular feminine sotalaí, plural sotalacha, comparative sotalaí)

1. proud, arrogant; cocky, impudent

Declension

Declension of sotalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sotalach	shotalach	sotalacha; shotalacha²
Vocative	shotalaigh		sotalacha
Genitive		sotalaí	sotalacha	sotalach
Dative	sotalach; shotalach¹	shotalach; shotalaigh (archaic)	sotalacha; shotalacha²
Comparative	níos sotalaí
Superlative	is sotalaí

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
sotalach	shotalach after an, tsotalach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sotalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sotalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sotalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024