smutach

Irish

Etymology

From smut (“stump; short piece; portion; snout; sulky expression, huff”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

smutach (genitive singular masculine smutaigh, genitive singular feminine smutaí, plural smutacha, comparative smutaí)

  1. stumpy; curtailed, short
  2. snouty; pug-nosed
  3. sulky

Declension
Declension of smutach
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

Derived terms
  • smutachán m (“snouty person; pug-nosed person; sulky person”)

References
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