sodhantach

Irish

Alternative forms

sodhanta, sonntach, sóntach
saonta, saontach
súntach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish sontach, sonthach, modified by folk etymology to contain the prefix so- (“good”).

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːn̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/^[1]

Adjective

sodhantach (genitive singular masculine sodhantaigh, genitive singular feminine sodhantaí, plural sodhantacha, comparative sodhantaí)

(obsolete) vigorous, energetic
(obsolete) joyful, cheerful
synonym of saonta (“simple-minded, gullible”)

Declension

Declension of *sodhantach*
Positive	singular		plural
Positive	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	sodhantach	shodhantach	sodhantacha; shodhantacha²
vocative	shodhantaigh	shodhantach	sodhantacha
genitive	shodhantaigh	sodhantaí	sodhantacha	sodhantach
dative	sodhantach; shodhantach¹	shodhantach; shodhantaigh (archaic)	sodhantacha; shodhantacha²

Comparative	níos sodhantaí
Superlative	is sodhantaí

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

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

“sodhantach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sontach, sonntach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súntach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

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