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suarach
suarach
Irish
Adjective
suarach (genitive singular masculine suaraigh, genitive singular feminine suaraí, plural suaracha, comparative suaraí)
Declension
Declension of suarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | suarach | shuarach | suaracha; shuaracha² |
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| Vocative | shuaraigh | suaracha | ||
| Genitive | suaraí | suaracha | suarach | |
| Dative | suarach; shuarach¹ |
shuarach; shuaraigh (archaic) |
suaracha; shuaracha² |
|
| Comparative | níos suaraí | |||
| Superlative | is suaraí | |||
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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suarach | shuarach after an, tsuarach |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech.
Adjective
suarach (comparative suaraiche)
- abject, base
- contemptible, degenerate, despised, mean, vile, petty
- Tha mi ga cur suarach. -"I despise her."
- indifferent
- ignoble inferior, negligible, shoddy, trashy, tawdry
- silly, trivial, unimportant, valueless