taibhsiúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
taibhsiúil (genitive singular masculine taibhsiúil, genitive singular feminine taibhsiúla, plural taibhsiúla, comparative taibhsiúla)
- ghostly, ghostlike, spectral
- Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of taibhsiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | taibhsiúil | thaibhsiúil | taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla² | |
| Vocative | thaibhsiúil | taibhsiúla | ||
| Genitive | taibhsiúla | taibhsiúla | taibhsiúil | |
| Dative | taibhsiúil; thaibhsiúil¹ |
thaibhsiúil | taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos taibhsiúla | |||
| Superlative | is taibhsiúla | |||
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[edit]
- taibhsiúlacht f (“ghostliness”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taibhsiúil | thaibhsiúil | dtaibhsiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taibhsiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN