gaisce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaisced (“weapons, arms, armour; valour, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃcɪ/

Noun

gaisce m (genitive singular gaisce, nominative plural gaiscí)

1. arms, weapons; martial equipment
2. feat of arms; prowess (in arms)
3. boasting, bravado; showing off, swank

Declension

Declension of gaisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gaisce gaiscí Vocative a ghaisce a ghaiscí Genitive gaisce gaiscí Dative gaisce gaiscí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gaisce na gaiscí Genitive an ghaisce na ngaiscí Dative leis an ngaisce don ghaisce leis na gaiscí

Derived terms

• cuairt ghaisce
• gaisceoir

Related terms

• gaisceoireacht
• gaiscíoch
• gaiscíocht
• gaisciúil
• gaisciúlacht

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaisce	ghaisce	ngaisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gaisced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gaisce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gaisce” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.