suntasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• sundasach

Etymology

From suntas (“notice, attention; significance, signification”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

suntasach (genitive singular masculine suntasaigh, genitive singular feminine suntasaí, plural suntasacha, comparative suntasaí)

1. noticeable, distinctive
2. significant

   Synonym: tábhachtach

3. appreciable, sizeable
4. salient, significant
5. Synonym of suaithinseach

Declension

Declension of suntasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	suntasach	shuntasach	suntasacha; shuntasacha2
vocative	shuntasaigh		suntasacha
genitive		suntasaí	suntasacha	suntasach
dative	suntasach; shuntasach1	shuntasach; shuntasaigh (archaic)	suntasacha; shuntasacha2
Comparative	níos suntasaí
Superlative	is suntasaí

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

• digit shuntasach, figiúr suntasach

Related terms

• suntasacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of suntasach

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