scannánach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From scannán (“membrane, film”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]scannánach (genitive singular masculine scannánaigh, genitive singular feminine scannánaí, plural scannánacha, comparative scannánaí)
- membranous, filmy
- Synonym: sreabhnach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | scannánach | scannánach | scannánacha | |
| vocative | scannánaigh | scannánacha | ||
| genitive | scannánaí | scannánacha | scannánach | |
| dative | scannánach | scannánach; scannánaigh (archaic) |
scannánacha | |
| Comparative | níos scannánaí | |||
| Superlative | is scannánaí | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scannánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scannánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scannánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025