substaint

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish substaint, from Latin substantia.

Noun

substaint f (genitive singular substainte)

1. substance
2. solid worth
3. property, wealth

Declension

Declension of substaint (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative substaint vocative a shubstaint genitive substainte dative substaint forms with the definite article singular nominative an tsubstaint genitive na substainte dative leis an tsubstaint don tsubstaint

Derived terms

• antashubstaint f (“antibody”)
• substaintiúil
• substainteach

Mutation

Mutated forms of substaint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
substaint	shubstaint after an, tsubstaint	not applicable

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Latin substantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsubst̪ən̠ʲt̠ʲ/

Noun

substaint f

1. substance, essence

Derived terms

• substaintech

Descendants

• Irish: substaint
• Scottish Gaelic: susbaint

Mutation

Mutation of substaint

radical	lenition	nasalization
substaint	ṡubstaint	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “substaint”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language