gaisciúlacht

gaisciúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• gaisgeamhlacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

gaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)

1. valor, heroism

   Synonym: gaiscíocht

2. boastfulness, vainglory, bravado, pretentiousness, swank

Declension

Declension of gaisciúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative gaisciúlacht Vocative a ghaisciúlacht Genitive gaisciúlachta Dative gaisciúlacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghaisciúlacht Genitive na gaisciúlachta Dative leis an ngaisciúlacht don ghaisciúlacht

Related terms

• gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaisciúlacht	ghaisciúlacht	ngaisciúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gaisciúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gaiscemlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gaisciúlacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gaisciúlacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.