santach
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From Old Irish santach; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sanntach. By surface analysis, saint + -ach.
santach (genitive singular masculine santaigh, genitive singular feminine santaí, plural santacha, comparative santaí)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | santach | santach | santacha; santacha2 | |
| vocative | santaigh | santacha | ||
| genitive | santaí | santacha | santach | |
| dative | santach; santach1 |
santach; santaigh (archaic) |
santacha; santacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos santaí | |||
| Superlative | is santaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| santach | shantach after an, tsantach |
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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