sotalach

Irish

Etymology

From sotal (“pride, arrogance; cockiness, impudence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sotalach (genitive singular masculine sotalaigh, genitive singular feminine sotalaí, plural sotalacha, comparative sotalaí)

  1. proud, arrogant; cocky, impudent

Declension

Declension of sotalach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of sotalach
radical lenition eclipsis
sotalach shotalach
after an, tsotalach 		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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