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srónach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From srón +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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srónach (genitive singular masculine srónaigh, genitive singular feminine srónaí, plural srónacha, not comparable)

  1. sharp-nosed
  2. snuffling
  3. nosy
  4. (linguistics) nasal

Declension

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Declension of srónach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative srónach shrónach srónacha;
shrónacha2
vocative shrónaigh srónacha
genitive srónaí srónacha srónach
dative srónach;
shrónach1
shrónach;
shrónaigh (archaic)
srónacha;
shrónacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

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srónach m (genitive singular srónaigh, nominative plural srónaigh)

  1. (linguistics) nasal

Noun

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srónach

  1. genitive singular of srón

Mutation

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Mutated forms of srónach
radical lenition eclipsis
srónach shrónach
after an, tsrónach
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.