substainteach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish substaintech, from substaint, from Latin substantia. By surface analysis, substaint +‎ -ach.

Adjective

substainteach (genitive singular masculine substaintigh, genitive singular feminine substaintí, plural substainteacha, comparative substaintí)

  1. substantial, solid, well-to-do

Declension

Declension of substainteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative substainteach shubstainteach substainteacha;
shubstainteacha2
vocative shubstaintigh substainteacha
genitive substaintí substainteacha substainteach
dative substainteach;
shubstainteach1
shubstainteach;
shubstaintigh (archaic)
substainteacha;
shubstainteacha2
Comparative níos substaintí
Superlative is substaintí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of substainteach
radical lenition eclipsis
substainteach shubstainteach
after an, tsubstainteach
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.