suantraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súantraige. By surface analysis, suan (“sleep”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

suantraí f (genitive singular suantraí, nominative plural suantraithe)

1. lullaby

Declension

Declension of suantraí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative suantraí suantraithe vocative a shuantraí a shuantraithe genitive suantraí suantraithe dative suantraí suantraithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsuantraí na suantraithe genitive na suantraí na suantraithe dative leis an tsuantraí don tsuantraí leis na suantraithe

See also

• geantraí
• goltraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of suantraí

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