subhach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • subhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish subach.[1] By surface analysis, subha +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

subhach (genitive singular masculine subhaigh, genitive singular feminine subhaí, plural subhacha, comparative subhaí)

  1. pleasant, cheerful, merry, comfortable

Declension

Declension of subhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative subhach shubhach subhacha;
shubhacha2
vocative shubhaigh subhacha
genitive subhaí subhacha subhach
dative subhach;
shubhach1 		shubhach;
shubhaigh (archaic) 		subhacha;
shubhacha2
Comparative níos subhaí
Superlative is subhaí

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

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of subhach
radical lenition eclipsis
subhach shubhach
after an, tsubhach 		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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “subach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75

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