sonasach

Irish

Etymology

From sonas (“happiness; good luck, good fortune”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sonasach (genitive singular masculine sonasaigh, genitive singular feminine sonasaí, plural sonasacha, comparative sonasaí)

  1. happy, lucky, fortunate

Declension

Declension of sonasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sonasach shonasach sonasacha;
shonasacha2
vocative shonasaigh sonasacha
genitive sonasaí sonasacha sonasach
dative sonasach;
shonasach1 		shonasach;
shonasaigh (archaic) 		sonasacha;
shonasacha2
Comparative níos sonasaí
Superlative is sonasaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of sonasach
radical lenition eclipsis
sonasach shonasach
after an, tsonasach 		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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