sionoptach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin synopticus + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]sionoptach (genitive singular masculine sionoptaigh, genitive singular feminine sionoptaí, plural sionoptacha, comparative sionoptaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | sionoptach | shionoptach | sionoptacha; shionoptacha2 | |
| vocative | shionoptaigh | sionoptacha | ||
| genitive | sionoptaí | sionoptacha | sionoptach | |
| dative | sionoptach; shionoptach1 |
shionoptach; shionoptaigh (archaic) |
sionoptacha; shionoptacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos sionoptaí | |||
| Superlative | is sionoptaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- cairt shionoptach (“synoptic chart”)
- fadhb shionoptach (“synoptic problem”)
- Sionoptaigh, Soiscéil Shionoptacha (“Synoptic Gospels”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| sionoptach | shionoptach after an, tsionoptach |
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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sionoptach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sionoptach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sionoptach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024