santach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish santach; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sanntach. By surface analysis, saint +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Cork) IPA(key): /ˈsˠaun̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈsˠainʲtʲəx/[1] (corresponding to the form sainteach)

Adjective

santach (genitive singular masculine santaigh, genitive singular feminine santaí, plural santacha, comparative santaí)

  1. covetous, avaricious
  2. greedy, grasping, acquisitive
  3. eager [with chun ‘for’]

Declension

Declension of santach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative santach santach santacha;
santacha2
vocative santaigh santacha
genitive santaí santacha santach
dative santach;
santach1 		santach;
santaigh (archaic) 		santacha;
santacha2
Comparative níos santaí
Superlative is santaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of santach
radical lenition eclipsis
santach shantach
after an, tsantach 		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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 162, page 82

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