clasaic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English classic, from French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis.

Noun

clasaic f (genitive singular clasaice, nominative plural clasaicí)

  1. (literature, etc.) classic

Declension

Declension of clasaic (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative clasaic clasaicí
vocative a chlasaic a chlasaicí
genitive clasaice clasaicí
dative clasaic clasaicí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chlasaic na clasaicí
genitive na clasaice na gclasaicí
dative leis an gclasaic
don chlasaic 		leis na clasaicí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • clasaiceach (“classic, classical”, adjective)
  • clasaiceas (“classicalism”)
  • clasaicíoch (“classicist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clasaic
radical lenition eclipsis
clasaic chlasaic gclasaic

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

Further reading

  • “classic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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