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aibhseach
aibhseach
See also: áibhseach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
aibhseach (genitive singular masculine aibhsigh, genitive singular feminine aibhsí, plural aibhseacha, comparative aibhsí)
- great, immense
- (of colour, tone) high
- Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)
Declension
Declension of aibhseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aibhseach | aibhseach¹ | aibhseacha³ | |
Vocative | aibhsigh¹ | aibhseach¹ | aibhseacha | |
Genitive | aibhsigh¹ | aibhsí (obsolete) aibhsighe |
aibhseacha | aibhseach |
Dative | aibhseach² | aibhseach¹ (archaic) aibhsigh¹ |
aibhseacha³ | |
Comparative | aibhsí (obsolete) aibhsighe |
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- aibhseacht f (“immensity”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aibhseach | n-aibhseach | haibhseach | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "aibhseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.