gaisce
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gaisced (“weapons, arms, armour; valour, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaisce m (genitive singular gaisce, nominative plural gaiscí)
- arms, weapons; martial equipment
- feat of arms; prowess (in arms)
- boasting, bravado; showing off, swank
Declension
[edit]Declension of gaisce
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gaisce | ghaisce | ngaisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaisced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gaisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024