trasghnéasach

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Irish

Etymology

From tras- (trans) +‎ gnéas (sex) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

trasghnéasach (genitive singular masculine trasghnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine trasghnéasaí, plural trasghnéasacha, comparative trasghnéasaí)

  1. transsexual

Declension

Declension of trasghnéasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative trasghnéasach thrasghnéasach trasghnéasacha;
thrasghnéasacha2
vocative thrasghnéasaigh trasghnéasacha
genitive trasghnéasaí trasghnéasacha trasghnéasach
dative trasghnéasach;
thrasghnéasach1
thrasghnéasach;
thrasghnéasaigh (archaic)
trasghnéasacha;
thrasghnéasacha2
Comparative níos trasghnéasaí
Superlative is trasghnéasaí

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

Noun

trasghnéasach m (genitive singular trasghnéasaigh, nominative plural trasghnéasaigh)

  1. transsexual

Declension

Declension of trasghnéasach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative trasghnéasach trasghnéasaigh
vocative a thrasghnéasaigh a thrasghnéasacha
genitive trasghnéasaigh trasghnéasach
dative trasghnéasach trasghnéasaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an trasghnéasach na trasghnéasaigh
genitive an trasghnéasaigh na dtrasghnéasach
dative leis an trasghnéasach
don trasghnéasach
leis na trasghnéasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of trasghnéasach
radical lenition eclipsis
trasghnéasach thrasghnéasach dtrasghnéasach

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

Further reading

  • transsexual”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024