gaisciúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gaisce +‎ -úil.

Adjective

gaisciúil (genitive singular masculine gaisciúil, genitive singular feminine gaisciúla, plural gaisciúla, comparative gaisciúla)

  1. warlike, valiant, swashbuckling
  2. boastful, vaunting, vainglorious, pretentious

Declension

Declension of gaisciúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gaisciúil ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla2
vocative ghaisciúil gaisciúla
genitive gaisciúla gaisciúla gaisciúil
dative gaisciúil;
ghaisciúil1 		ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla2
Comparative níos gaisciúla
Superlative is gaisciúla

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

  • gaisciúlacht f (“valour, heroism; boastfulness, vainglory”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaisciúil
radical lenition eclipsis
gaisciúil ghaisciúil ngaisciúil

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

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