sásta

See also: saasta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sásta (“satisfied; satisfactory”), from sásaid (“to satisfy”) (compare modern sásaigh (“assuage appetite, feed; satisfy, please”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sásta

  1. satisfied, contented, pleased
  2. agreeable, willing
  3. handy
    1. easy to handle, to manage
    2. convenient
    3. clever with one’s hands

Declension
Declension of sásta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative sásta shásta sásta;
shásta²
Vocative shásta sásta
Genitive sásta sásta sásta
Dative sásta;
shásta¹		 shásta sásta;
shásta²
Comparative níos sásta
Superlative is sásta

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
  • míshásta (“displeased, dissatisfied; awkward”)
  • sástacht (“satisfaction; contentment, ease; agreeableness, willingness; handiness”)
  • sástaí (“handy, deft, skilful person”)

Noun

sásta m

  1. genitive singular of sásamh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sásta shásta
after an, tsásta		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːsta/

Verb

sásta

  1. past participle of sásaid

Adjective

sásta

  1. satisfied, content
  2. capable of giving satisfaction, satisfactory, agreeable, pleasant

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sásta ṡásta unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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