suntasacht

Irish

Etymology

From suntas (“notice, attention; significance, signification”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

suntasacht f (genitive singular suntasachta)

1. prominence, distinctiveness

   Synonym: ardréim

2. significance, salience

   Synonyms: suntas, tábhacht

Declension

Declension of suntasacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative suntasacht vocative a shuntasacht genitive suntasachta dative suntasacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsuntasacht genitive na suntasachta dative leis an tsuntasacht don tsuntasacht

Related terms

• suntasach (“noticeable, distinctive; significant; appreciable, sizeable; salient, significant”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of suntasacht

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