soriartha
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]soriartha
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | soriartha | shoriartha | soriartha; shoriartha2 | |
| vocative | shoriartha | soriartha | ||
| genitive | soriartha | soriartha | soriartha | |
| dative | soriartha; shoriartha1 |
shoriartha | soriartha; shoriartha2 | |
| Comparative | níos soriartha | |||
| Superlative | is soriartha | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| soriartha | shoriartha after an, tsoriartha |
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]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31
Further reading
[edit]- “soiriartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiriarṫa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672