samhnasach

See also: samhnásach

Irish

Alternative forms

• samhnásach

Etymology

From samhnas (“nausea; disgust”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

samhnasach (genitive singular masculine samhnasaigh, genitive singular feminine samhnasaí, plural samhnasacha, comparative samhnasaí)

1. nauseating, disgusting
2. easily nauseated, queasy, squeamish

Declension

Declension of samhnasach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	samhnasach	shamhnasach	samhnasacha; shamhnasacha2
vocative	shamhnasaigh		samhnasacha
genitive		samhnasaí	strong noun	weak noun
			samhnasacha	samhnasach
dative	samhnasach; shamhnasach1	shamhnasach; shamhnasaigh (archaic)	samhnasacha; shamhnasacha2
Comparative	níos samhnasaí
Superlative	is samhnasaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of samhnasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
samhnasach	shamhnasach after an, tsamhnasach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “samhnasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “samhnasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “samhnasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025