Safach

Irish

Etymology

From Safó (“Sappho”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Safach (genitive singular masculine Safaigh, genitive singular feminine Safaí, plural Safacha, not comparable)

  1. (poetry, etc.) Sapphic

Declension

Declension of Safach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Safach Shafach Safacha;
Shafacha2
vocative Shafaigh Safacha
genitive Safaí Safacha Safach
dative Safach;
Shafach1 		Shafach;
Shafaigh (archaic) 		Safacha;
Shafacha2
Comparative níos Safaí
Superlative is Safaí

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

Noun

Safach m (genitive singular Safaigh, nominative plural Safaigh)

  1. (poetry) Sapphic

Declension

Declension of Safach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Safach Safaigh
vocative a Shafaigh a Shafacha
genitive Safaigh Safach
dative Safach Safaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Safach na Safaigh
genitive an tSafaigh na Safach
dative leis an Safach
don Safach 		leis na Safaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Safach
radical lenition eclipsis
Safach Shafach
after an, tSafach 		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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