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gaisciúil

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gaisce +‎ -úil.

Adjective

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gaisciúil (genitive singular masculine gaisciúil, genitive singular feminine gaisciúla, plural gaisciúla, comparative gaisciúla)

  1. warlike, valiant, swashbuckling
  2. boastful, vaunting, vainglorious, pretentious

Declension

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Declension of gaisciúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gaisciúil ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla²
Vocative ghaisciúil gaisciúla
Genitive gaisciúla gaisciúla gaisciúil
Dative gaisciúil;
ghaisciúil¹ 		ghaisciúil gaisciúla;
ghaisciúla²
Comparative níos gaisciúla
Superlative is gaisciúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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  • gaisciúlacht f (“valour, heroism; boastfulness, vainglory”)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gaisciúil ghaisciúil ngaisciúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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