smutach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From smut (“stump; short piece; portion; snout; sulky expression, huff”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]smutach (genitive singular masculine smutaigh, genitive singular feminine smutaí, plural smutacha, comparative smutaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | smutach | smutach | smutacha | |
| vocative | smutaigh | smutacha | ||
| genitive | smutaí | smutacha | smutach | |
| dative | smutach | smutach; smutaigh (archaic) |
smutacha | |
| Comparative | níos smutaí | |||
| Superlative | is smutaí | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- smutachán m (“snouty person; pug-nosed person; sulky person”)
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “smutach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN