teaspúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root of teaspáin, alternative form of taispeáin (“to show”), plus -úil.

Adjective

teaspúil (genitive singular feminine teaspúla, plural teaspúla, comparative teaspúla)

  1. wanton (lewd, immoral)
  2. frisky, exuberant, full of animal spirits

Declension

Declension of teaspúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative teaspúil theaspúil teaspúla;
theaspúla2
vocative theaspúil teaspúla
genitive teaspúla teaspúla teaspúil
dative teaspúil;
theaspúil1 		theaspúil teaspúla;
theaspúla2
Comparative níos teaspúla
Superlative is teaspúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of teaspúil
radical lenition eclipsis
teaspúil theaspúil dteaspúil

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

References

  1. ^ “teaspúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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