From Old Irish taisbéntach (“showy, prominent”). By surface analysis, taispeáint (“showing”) + -ach.
taispeántach (genitive singular masculine taispeántaigh, genitive singular feminine taispeántaí, plural taispeántacha, not comparable)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | taispeántach | thaispeántach | taispeántacha; thaispeántacha² | |
Vocative | thaispeántaigh | taispeántacha | ||
Genitive | taispeántaí | taispeántacha | taispeántach | |
Dative | taispeántach; thaispeántach¹ |
thaispeántach; thaispeántaigh (archaic) |
taispeántacha; thaispeántacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
taispeántach m (genitive singular taispeántaigh, nominative plural taispeántaigh)
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
taispeántach | thaispeántach | dtaispeántach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |