sladach
Irish
Etymology
From slad (“plunder, pillage, loot; devastate, destroy”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
sladach (genitive singular masculine sladaigh, genitive singular feminine sladaí, plural sladacha, comparative sladaí)
Declension
Declension of sladach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sladach | shladach | sladacha; shladacha² | |
| Vocative | shladaigh | sladacha | ||
| Genitive | sladaí | sladacha | sladach | |
| Dative | sladach; shladach¹ |
shladach; shladaigh (archaic) |
sladacha; shladacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sladaí | |||
| Superlative | is sladaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sladach | shladach after an, tsladach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "sladach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “plundering” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “sladach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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