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taibhsiúil
taibhsiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
taibhsiúil (genitive singular masculine taibhsiúil, genitive singular feminine taibhsiúla, plural taibhsiúla, comparative taibhsiúla)
- ghostly, ghostlike, spectral
- Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)
Declension
Declension of taibhsiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | taibhsiúil | taibhsiúil¹ | taibhsiúla³ | |
| Vocative | taibhsiúil¹ | taibhsiúla | ||
| Genitive | taibhsiúil¹ (archaic) taibhsiúla¹ |
taibhsiúla | taibhsiúla | taibhsiúil |
| Dative | taibhsiúil² | taibhsiúil¹ | taibhsiúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos taibhsiúla | |||
| Superlative | is taibhsiúla | |||
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.
Derived terms
- taibhsiúlacht f (“ghostliness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taibhsiúil | thaibhsiúil | dtaibhsiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "taibhsiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.