sonasach

Irish

Etymology

From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)

1. happy, lucky, fortunate

Declension

Declension of sonasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sonasach	shonasach	sonasacha; shonasacha2
vocative	shonasaigh		sonasacha
genitive		sonasaí	sonasacha	sonasach
dative	sonasach; shonasach1	shonasach; shonasaigh (archaic)	sonasacha; shonasacha2
Comparative	níos sonasaí
Superlative	is sonasaí

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 sonasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sonasach	shonasach after an, tsonasach	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) “sonasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sonasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sonasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024