fleasgach m (genitive singular fleasgaigh, nominative plural fleasgaigh)
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Forms with the definite article:
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fleasgach (genitive singular masculine fleasgaigh, genitive singular feminine fleasgaighe, plural fleasgacha, comparative fleasgaighe)
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| 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.
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fleasgach | fhleasgach | bhfleasgach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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)