sionoptach
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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]Declension of sionoptach
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sionoptach | shionoptach after an, tsionoptach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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