aibhseach

See also: áibhseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• áibhseach
• aidhbhseach

Etymology

From aibhse (“immensity”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aibhseach (genitive singular masculine aibhsigh, genitive singular feminine aibhsí, plural aibhseacha, comparative aibhsí)

1. great, immense
2. (of colour, tone) high
3. Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)

Declension

Declension of aibhseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aibhseach	aibhseach	aibhseacha
Vocative	aibhsigh		aibhseacha
Genitive		aibhsí	aibhseacha	aibhseach
Dative	aibhseach	aibhseach; aibhsigh (archaic)	aibhseacha
Comparative	níos aibhsí
Superlative	is aibhsí

Related terms

• aibhseacht f (“immensity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibhseach	n-aibhseach	haibhseach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN