gaisciúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- gaisceamhail, gaisgeamhuil, gasgemail (obsolete)
Etymology
From gaisce + -úil.
Adjective
gaisciúil (genitive singular masculine gaisciúil, genitive singular feminine gaisciúla, plural gaisciúla, comparative gaisciúla)
- warlike, valiant, swashbuckling
- boastful, vaunting, vainglorious, pretentious
Declension
Declension of gaisciúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gaisciúil | ghaisciúil | gaisciúla; ghaisciúla² | |
| Vocative | ghaisciúil | gaisciúla | ||
| Genitive | gaisciúla | gaisciúla | gaisciúil | |
| Dative | gaisciúil; ghaisciúil¹ | ghaisciúil | gaisciúla; ghaisciúla² | |
| Comparative | níos gaisciúla | |||
| Superlative | is gaisciúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- gaisciúlacht f (“valour, heroism; boastfulness, vainglory”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gaisciúil | ghaisciúil | ngaisciúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gaisciúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gaiscemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gaisciúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gaisciúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.