gailseach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gailseach f (genitive singular gailsí, nominative plural gailseacha)

1. earwig

Declension

Declension of gailseach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gailseach gailseacha Vocative a ghailseach a ghailseacha Genitive gailsí gailseach Dative gailseach gailsigh (archaic, dialectal) gailseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghailseach na gailseacha Genitive na gailsí na ngailseach Dative leis an ngailseach leis an ngailsigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghailseach don ghailsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na gailseacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gailseach	ghailseach	ngailseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.