soineanta

Irish

Alternative forms

• soineannda, soineannta, soinenta, soinionta, soinneanta, soinneannta, sonanta (obsolete)

Etymology

From soineann (“fair weather”) +‎ -ta; compare Scottish Gaelic soineannta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɪnʲən̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

soineanta

1. (of weather) pleasant, fine, serene, calm
2. (of people) innocent, naive, guileless, simple, ingenuous, artless

Declension

Declension of soineanta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	soineanta	shoineanta	soineanta; shoineanta2
vocative	shoineanta		soineanta
genitive		soineanta	soineanta	soineanta
dative	soineanta; shoineanta1	shoineanta	soineanta; shoineanta2
Comparative	níos soineanta
Superlative	is soineanta

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of soineanta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
soineanta	shoineanta after an, tsoineanta	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “soineanta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soinennta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soineannda”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 671
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soineanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN