suntas

Irish

Alternative forms

• sundas

Etymology

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Noun

suntas m (genitive singular suntais)

1. notice, attention
2. significance, signification

Declension

Declension of suntas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative suntas vocative a shuntais genitive suntais dative suntas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an suntas genitive an tsuntais dative leis an suntas don suntas

Synonyms

• (significance): tábhacht, suntasacht

Derived terms

• suntasach (“noticeable, distinctive; significant; appreciable, sizeable; salient, significant”, adjective)
• suntasacht f (“prominence, distinctiveness; significance”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of suntas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suntas	shuntas after an, tsuntas	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suntas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN