Sualannach

Irish

Etymology

From An tSualainn (“Sweden”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Sualannach (genitive singular masculine Sualannaigh, genitive singular feminine Sualannaí, plural Sualannacha, not comparable)

1. Swedish

Declension

Declension of Sualannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Sualannach	Sualannach	Sualannacha
vocative	Sualannaigh		Sualannacha
genitive		Sualannaí	Sualannacha	Sualannach
dative	Sualannach	Sualannach; Sualannaigh (archaic)	Sualannacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Ríocht na Sualainne f (“the Kingdom of Sweden”)
• Sualainnis f (“the Swedish language”)

 

Noun

Sualannach m (genitive singular Sualannaigh, nominative plural Sualannaigh)

1. Swede (Swedish person)

Declension

Declension of Sualannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Sualannach Sualannaigh vocative a Shualannaigh a Shualannacha genitive Sualannaigh Sualannach dative Sualannach Sualannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Sualannach na Sualannaigh genitive an tSualannaigh na Sualannach dative leis an Sualannach don Sualannach leis na Sualannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sualannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sualannach	Shualannach after an, tSualannach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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