taibhseach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)
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- showy, flamboyant
- Synonym: gáifeach
- ostentatious
- pretentious, proud
- showy, flamboyant
- Alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
- Alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)
Declension
Declension of taibhseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | taibhseach | thaibhseach | taibhseacha; thaibhseacha² | |
| Vocative | thaibhsigh | taibhseacha | ||
| Genitive | taibhsí | taibhseacha | taibhseach | |
| Dative | taibhseach; thaibhseach¹ |
thaibhseach; thaibhsigh (archaic) |
taibhseacha; thaibhseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos taibhsí | |||
| Superlative | is taibhsí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- taibhseacht f (“showiness; ostentatiousness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taibhseach | thaibhseach | dtaibhseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taibhseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taibhseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “taibhseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024