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Irish
Etymology
From gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Noun
gaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)
- valor, heroism
- Synonym: gaiscíocht
- boastfulness, vainglory, bravado, pretentiousness, swank
Declension
Declension of gaisciúlacht
- gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaisciúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaiscemlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaisciúlacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gaisciúlacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024