gailseach

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gailseach f (genitive singular gailsí, nominative plural gailseacha)

  1. earwig

Declension

Declension of gailseach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gailseach gailseacha
vocative a ghailseach a ghailseacha
genitive gailsí gailseach
dative gailseach
gailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
gailseacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghailseach na gailseacha
genitive na gailsí na ngailseach
dative leis an ngailseach
leis an ngailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghailseach
don ghailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na gailseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of gailseach
radical lenition eclipsis
gailseach ghailseach ngailseach

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