sneachtach

Irish

Etymology

From sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sneachtach (genitive singular masculine sneachtaigh, genitive singular feminine sneachtaí, plural sneachtacha, comparative sneachtaí)

1. Synonym of sneachtúil (“snowy”)

Declension

Declension of sneachtach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sneachtach	shneachtach	sneachtacha; shneachtacha2
vocative	shneachtaigh		sneachtacha
genitive		sneachtaí	sneachtacha	sneachtach
dative	sneachtach; shneachtach1	shneachtach; shneachtaigh (archaic)	sneachtacha; shneachtacha2
Comparative	níos sneachtaí
Superlative	is sneachtaí

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 sneachtach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sneachtach	shneachtach after an, tsneachtach	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) “sneachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN