substainteach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish substaintech, from substaint, from Latin substantia. By surface analysis, substaint +‎ -ach.

Adjective

substainteach (genitive singular masculine substaintigh, genitive singular feminine substaintí, plural substainteacha, comparative substaintí)

1. substantial, solid, well-to-do

Declension

Declension of substainteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	substainteach	shubstainteach	substainteacha; shubstainteacha2
vocative	shubstaintigh		substainteacha
genitive		substaintí	substainteacha	substainteach
dative	substainteach; shubstainteach1	shubstainteach; shubstaintigh (archaic)	substainteacha; shubstainteacha2
Comparative	níos substaintí
Superlative	is substaintí

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

• briathar substainteach

Related terms

• substaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of substainteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
substainteach	shubstainteach after an, tsubstainteach	not applicable

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