gaisciúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

gaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)

  1. valor, heroism
    Synonym: gaiscíocht
  2. boastfulness, vainglory, bravado, pretentiousness, swank

Declension

Declension of gaisciúlacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gaisciúlacht
vocative a ghaisciúlacht
genitive gaisciúlachta
dative gaisciúlacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghaisciúlacht
genitive na gaisciúlachta
dative leis an ngaisciúlacht
don ghaisciúlacht
  • gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaisciúlacht
radical lenition eclipsis
gaisciúlacht ghaisciúlacht ngaisciúlacht

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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