fleasgach m (genitive singular fleasgaigh, nominative plural fleasgaigh)
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fleasgach (genitive singular masculine fleasgaigh, genitive singular feminine fleasgaighe, plural fleasgacha, comparative fleasgaighe)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fleasgach | fhleasgach | fleasgacha; fhleasgacha2 | |
| vocative | fhleasgaigh | fleasgacha | ||
| genitive | fleasgaighe | fleasgacha | fleasgach | |
| dative | fleasgach; fhleasgach1 |
fhleasgach; fhleasgaigh (archaic) |
fleasgacha; fhleasgacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos fleasgaighe | |||
| Superlative | is fleasgaighe | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fleasgach | fhleasgach | bhfleasgach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”).[1] By surface analysis, fleasg (“wand”) + -ach. Cognate with Irish fleascach.
fleasgach m (genitive and plural fleasgaich)