óinseach

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See also: òinseach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óinsech (“foolish or giddy woman”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

óinseach f (genitive singular óinsí, nominative plural óinseacha)

  1. (derogatory) foolish woman

Declension

Declension of óinseach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative óinseach óinseacha
vocative a óinseach a óinseacha
genitive óinsí óinseach
dative óinseach
óinsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		óinseacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an óinseach na hóinseacha
genitive na hóinsí na n-óinseach
dative leis an óinseach
leis an óinsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don óinseach
don óinsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hóinseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of óinseach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
óinseach n-óinseach hóinseach not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óinsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

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