súgach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

súgach m (genitive singular súgaigh, nominative plural súgaigh)

1. sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae)

Declension

Declension of súgach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative súgach súgaigh vocative a shúgaigh a shúgacha genitive súgaigh súgach dative súgach súgaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an súgach na súgaigh genitive an tsúgaigh na súgach dative leis an súgach don súgach leis na súgaigh

Adjective

súgach (genitive singular masculine súgaigh, genitive singular feminine súgaí, plural súgacha, comparative súgaí)

1. mellow with drink, tipsy, merry, convivial
2. cheerful, happy

Declension

Declension of súgach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	súgach	shúgach	súgacha; shúgacha2
vocative	shúgaigh		súgacha
genitive		súgaí	súgacha	súgach
dative	súgach; shúgach1	shúgach; shúgaigh (archaic)	súgacha; shúgacha2
Comparative	níos súgaí
Superlative	is súgaí

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

Alternative forms

• súgaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of súgach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
súgach	shúgach after an, tsúgach	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) “súgach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “súgach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “súgach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024