Suasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Suasalannach

Etymology

From Zulu iSwazi + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Suasach (genitive singular masculine Suasaigh, genitive singular feminine Suasaí, plural Suasacha, not comparable)

1. Swazi

Declension

Declension of Suasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Suasach	Shuasach	Suasacha; Shuasacha2
vocative	Shuasaigh		Suasacha
genitive		Suasaí	Suasacha	Suasach
dative	Suasach; Shuasach1	Shuasach; Shuasaigh (archaic)	Suasacha; Shuasacha2
Comparative	níos Suasaí
Superlative	is Suasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• An tSuasalainn (“Swaziland”)
• Ríocht na Suasalainne (“the Kingdom of Swaziland”)
• Suaisis (“the Swazi language”)

 

Noun

Suasach m (genitive singular Suasaigh, nominative plural Suasaigh)

1. Swazi (person)

Declension

Declension of Suasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Suasach Suasaigh vocative a Shuasaigh a Shuasacha genitive Suasaigh Suasach dative Suasach Suasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Suasach na Suasaigh genitive an tSuasaigh na Suasach dative leis an Suasach don Suasach leis na Suasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Suasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Suasach	Shuasach after an, tSuasach	not applicable

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