taibhseach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)
- showy, flamboyant
- Synonym: gáifeach
- ostentatious
- pretentious, proud
- showy, flamboyant
- Alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
- Alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of taibhseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | taibhseach | thaibhseach | taibhseacha; thaibhseacha² | |
Vocative | thaibhsigh | taibhseacha | ||
Genitive | taibhsí | taibhseacha | taibhseach | |
Dative | taibhseach; thaibhseach¹ |
thaibhseach; thaibhsigh (archaic) |
taibhseacha; thaibhseacha² | |
Comparative | níos taibhsí | |||
Superlative | is taibhsí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- taibhseacht f (“showiness; ostentatiousness”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
taibhseach | thaibhseach | dtaibhseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taibhseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taibhseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “taibhseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024