sneachtach

Irish

Etymology

From sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sneachtach (genitive singular masculine sneachtaigh, genitive singular feminine sneachtaí, plural sneachtacha, comparative sneachtaí)

  1. synonym of sneachtúil (“snowy”)

Declension

Declension of sneachtach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sneachtach shneachtach sneachtacha;
shneachtacha2
vocative shneachtaigh sneachtacha
genitive sneachtaí sneachtacha sneachtach
dative sneachtach;
shneachtach1 		shneachtach;
shneachtaigh (archaic) 		sneachtacha;
shneachtacha2
Comparative níos sneachtaí
Superlative is sneachtaí

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 sneachtach
radical lenition eclipsis
sneachtach shneachtach
after an, tsneachtach 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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