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tuirseach
tuirseach
Irish
Adjective
tuirseach (genitive singular masculine tuirsigh, genitive singular feminine tuirsí, plural tuirseacha, comparative tuirsí)
Declension
Declension of tuirseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tuirseach | thuirseach | tuirseacha; thuirseacha² |
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Vocative | thuirsigh | tuirseacha | ||
Genitive | tuirsí | tuirseacha | tuirseach | |
Dative | tuirseach; thuirseach¹ |
thuirseach; thuirsigh (archaic) |
tuirseacha; thuirseacha² |
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Comparative | níos tuirsí | |||
Superlative | is tuirsí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- tuirseach traochta (“worn out, exhausted”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuirseach | thuirseach | dtuirseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |