taibhsiúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

taibhsiúil (genitive singular masculine taibhsiúil, genitive singular feminine taibhsiúla, plural taibhsiúla, comparative taibhsiúla)

  1. ghostly, ghostlike, spectral
  2. Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)

Declension

Declension of taibhsiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative taibhsiúil thaibhsiúil taibhsiúla;
thaibhsiúla2
vocative thaibhsiúil taibhsiúla
genitive taibhsiúla taibhsiúla taibhsiúil
dative taibhsiúil;
thaibhsiúil1 		thaibhsiúil taibhsiúla;
thaibhsiúla2
Comparative níos taibhsiúla
Superlative is taibhsiúla

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of taibhsiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
taibhsiúil thaibhsiúil dtaibhsiúil

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

References

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