taispeántach
Irish
Alternative forms
- taispeánach
Etymology
From Old Irish taisbéntach (“showy, prominent”); synchronically analyzable as taispeáint (“showing”) + -ach.
Adjective
taispeántach (genitive singular masculine taispeántaigh, genitive singular feminine taispeántaí, plural taispeántacha, not comparable)
- (grammar) demonstrative
- showy, prominent
Declension
Declension of taispeántach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | taispeántach | thaispeántach | taispeántacha; thaispeántacha² | |
| Vocative | thaispeántaigh | taispeántacha | ||
| Genitive | taispeántaí | taispeántacha | taispeántach | |
| Dative | taispeántach; thaispeántach¹ | thaispeántach; thaispeántaigh (archaic) | taispeántacha; thaispeántacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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
- aidiacht thaispeántach (“demonstrative adjective”)
- forainm taispeántach (“demonstrative pronoun”)
Noun
taispeántach m (genitive singular taispeántaigh, nominative plural taispeántaigh)
- (grammar) demonstrative (pronoun or determiner)
Declension
Declension of taispeántach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taispeántach | thaispeántach | dtaispeántach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “taispeántach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “taispeántach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “taispeántach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.