sotalach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom sotal (“pride, arrogance; cockiness, impudence”) + -ach.
Adjective
editsotalach (genitive singular masculine sotalaigh, genitive singular feminine sotalaí, plural sotalacha, comparative sotalaí)
Declension
editDeclension of sotalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sotalach | shotalach | sotalacha; shotalacha² | |
Vocative | shotalaigh | sotalacha | ||
Genitive | sotalaí | sotalacha | sotalach | |
Dative | sotalach; shotalach¹ |
shotalach; shotalaigh (archaic) |
sotalacha; shotalacha² | |
Comparative | níos sotalaí | |||
Superlative | is sotalaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sotalach | shotalach after an, tsotalach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sotalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sotalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sotalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024