tuaisceartach
Irish
Etymology
From tuaisceart + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
tuaisceartach (genitive singular masculine tuaisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine tuaisceartaí, plural tuaisceartacha, comparative tuaisceartaí)
- (geography, geology) boreal
- Synonym: bóireach
- (geography) northern
- Synonym: thuaidh
- (of person) awkward, clumsy
- Synonyms: amscaí, ciotach, ciotarúnta, liopasta, tuathalach, úspánta
Declension
Declension of tuaisceartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tuaisceartach | thuaisceartach | tuaisceartacha; thuaisceartacha² | |
| Vocative | thuaisceartaigh | tuaisceartacha | ||
| Genitive | tuaisceartaí | tuaisceartacha | tuaisceartach | |
| Dative | tuaisceartach; thuaisceartach¹ |
thuaisceartach; thuaisceartaigh (archaic) |
tuaisceartacha; thuaisceartacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tuaisceartaí | |||
| Superlative | is tuaisceartaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuaisceartach | thuaisceartach | dtuaisceartach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||