sonrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]sonrach (genitive singular masculine sonraigh, genitive singular feminine sonraí, plural sonracha, comparative sonraí)
- particular, specific
- Alternative form of sonraíoch (“noticeable, remarkable; peculiar, extraordinary; abnormal, grotesque”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | sonrach | shonrach | sonracha; shonracha2 | |
| vocative | shonraigh | sonracha | ||
| genitive | sonraí | sonracha | sonrach | |
| dative | sonrach; shonrach1 |
shonrach; shonraigh (archaic) |
sonracha; shonracha2 | |
| Comparative | níos sonraí | |||
| Superlative | is sonraí | |||
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]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| sonrach | shonrach after an, tsonrach |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sonrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sonrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sonrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025