taispeántach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • taispeánach

Etymology

From Old Irish taisbéntach (“showy, prominent”). By surface analysis, taispeáint (“showing”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

taispeántach (genitive singular masculine taispeántaigh, genitive singular feminine taispeántaí, plural taispeántacha, not comparable)

  1. (grammar) demonstrative
  2. showy, prominent

Declension

Declension of taispeántach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative taispeántach thaispeántach taispeántacha;
thaispeántacha2
vocative thaispeántaigh taispeántacha
genitive taispeántaí taispeántacha taispeántach
dative taispeántach;
thaispeántach1 		thaispeántach;
thaispeántaigh (archaic) 		taispeántacha;
thaispeántacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Noun

taispeántach m (genitive singular taispeántaigh, nominative plural taispeántaigh)

  1. (grammar) demonstrative (pronoun or determiner)

Declension

Declension of taispeántach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative taispeántach taispeántaigh
vocative a thaispeántaigh a thaispeántacha
genitive taispeántaigh taispeántach
dative taispeántach taispeántaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an taispeántach na taispeántaigh
genitive an taispeántaigh na dtaispeántach
dative leis an taispeántach
don taispeántach 		leis na taispeántaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of taispeántach
radical lenition eclipsis
taispeántach thaispeántach dtaispeántach

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

References

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