gaisciúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gaisce +‎ -úil.

Adjective

gaisciúil (genitive singular masculine gaisciúil, genitive singular feminine gaisciúla, plural gaisciúla, comparative gaisciúla)

  1. warlike, valiant, swashbuckling
  2. boastful, vaunting, vainglorious, pretentious

Declension

Declension of gaisciúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gaisciúil ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla2
vocative ghaisciúil gaisciúla
genitive gaisciúla gaisciúla gaisciúil
dative gaisciúil;
ghaisciúil1 		ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla2
Comparative níos gaisciúla
Superlative is gaisciúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • gaisciúlacht f (“valour, heroism; boastfulness, vainglory”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaisciúil
radical lenition eclipsis
gaisciúil ghaisciúil ngaisciúil

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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