loiscní

Irish

Alternative forms

• loiscnighe (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish loiscnige.

Noun

loiscní f (genitive singular loiscní)

1. fiery intensity, fieriness; aridity
2. burned, parched condition

Declension

Declension of loiscní

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative loiscní Vocative a loiscní Genitive loiscní Dative loiscní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an loiscní Genitive na loiscní Dative leis an loiscní don loiscní

Related terms

• loiscneach
• loiscneacht

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

loiscní

1. inflection of loiscneach (“burning, scorching, stinging; scorched, arid; caustic; fiery, fierce”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loiscní”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loiscnige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language