sámhasach
Irish
Adjective
sámhasach (genitive singular masculine sámhasaigh, genitive singular feminine sámhasaí, plural sámhasacha, comparative sámhasaí)
Declension
Declension of sámhasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sámhasach | shámhasach | sámhasacha; shámhasacha² | |
| Vocative | shámhasaigh | sámhasacha | ||
| Genitive | sámhasaí | sámhasacha | sámhasach | |
| Dative | sámhasach; shámhasach¹ |
shámhasach; shámhasaigh (archaic) |
sámhasacha; shámhasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sámhasaí | |||
| Superlative | is sámhasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sámhasach | shámhasach after an, tsámhasach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104
Further reading
- “sámhasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáṁasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 591
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sámhasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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