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Irish
Etymology
From luascán + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
luascánach (genitive singular masculine luascánaigh, genitive singular feminine luascánaí, plural luascánacha, comparative luascánaí)
- swinging, rocking
- unsteady
- impetuous, hasty
Declension
Further reading
- “luascánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luascánaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 448
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luascánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69