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taibhse

taibhse

Irish

Alternative forms

aibhse

Noun

taibhse f ‎(genitive singular taibhse, nominative plural taibshí)

Declension

Declension of taibhse

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taibhse	taibhsí
Vocative	a thaibhse	a thaibhsí
Genitive	taibhse	taibhsí
Dative	taibhse	taibhsí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an taibhse	na taibhsí
Genitive	na taibhse	na dtaibhsí
Dative	leis an taibhse don taibhse	leis na taibhsí

Derived terms

mórthaibhseach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taibhse	thaibhse	dtaibhse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"taibhse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish taidbsiu.

Noun

taibhse m, f ‎(genitive singular taibhse, plural taibhsean)

apparition, spirit, spectre, phantom, ghost

Synonyms

Derived terms

taibhsear ‎(“visionary, seer”)
taibhseil ‎(“ghostly”)