suntas
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Noun
suntas m (genitive singular suntais)
Declension
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Synonyms
- (significance): tábhacht, suntasacht
Derived terms
- suntasach (“noticeable, distinctive; significant; appreciable, sizeable; salient, significant”, adjective)
- suntasacht f (“prominence, distinctiveness; significance”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| suntas | shuntas after an, tsuntas |
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suntas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN