taibhseach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)

  1. showy, flamboyant
    Synonym: gáifeach
  2. ostentatious
  3. pretentious, proud
  4. alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
  5. alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)

Declension

Declension of taibhseach
Positive singular plural
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.

  • taibhseacht f (“showiness; ostentatiousness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taibhseach
radical lenition eclipsis
taibhseach thaibhseach dtaibhseach

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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