Irish
Etymology
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Noun
gailseach f (genitive singular gailsí, nominative plural gailseacha)
- earwig
Declension
Declension of gailseach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gailseach
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gailseacha
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| vocative
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a ghailseach
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a ghailseacha
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| genitive
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gailsí
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gailseach
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| dative
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gailseach
gailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
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gailseacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ghailseach
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na gailseacha
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| genitive
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na gailsí
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na ngailseach
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| dative
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leis an ngailseach
leis an ngailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghailseach
don ghailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na gailseacha
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of gailseach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gailseach
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ghailseach
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ngailseach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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