tuaisceartach

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Irish

Etymology

From tuaisceart +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tuaisceartach (genitive singular masculine tuaisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine tuaisceartaí, plural tuaisceartacha, comparative tuaisceartaí)

  1. (geography, geology) boreal
    Synonym: bóireach
  2. (geography) northern
    Synonym: thuaidh
  3. awkward, clumsy (of person)
    Synonyms: amscaí, ciotach, ciotarúnta, liopasta, tuathalach, úspánta

Declension

Declension of tuaisceartach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tuaisceartach thuaisceartach tuaisceartacha;
thuaisceartacha2
vocative thuaisceartaigh tuaisceartacha
genitive tuaisceartaí tuaisceartacha tuaisceartach
dative tuaisceartach;
thuaisceartach1
thuaisceartach;
thuaisceartaigh (archaic)
tuaisceartacha;
thuaisceartacha2
Comparative níos tuaisceartaí
Superlative is tuaisceartaí

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 tuaisceartach
radical lenition eclipsis
tuaisceartach thuaisceartach dtuaisceartach

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