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taibhseach
taibhseach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)
- showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud
- Alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
- Alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)
Declension
Declension of taibhseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | taibhseach | taibhseach¹ | taibhseacha³ | |
| Vocative | taibhsigh¹ | taibhseach¹ | taibhseacha | |
| Genitive | taibhsigh¹ | taibhsí (obsolete) taibhsighe |
taibhseacha | taibhseach |
| Dative | taibhseach² | taibhseach¹ (archaic) taibhsigh¹ |
taibhseacha³ | |
| Comparative | taibhsí (obsolete) taibhsighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taibhseach | thaibhseach | dtaibhseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "taibhseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.