gaisciúlacht
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- gaisgeamhlacht (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Noun
editgaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)
- valor, heroism
- Synonym: gaiscíocht
- boastfulness, vainglory, bravado, pretentiousness, swank
Declension
editDeclension of gaisciúlacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
edit- gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gaisciúlacht | ghaisciúlacht | ngaisciúlacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaisciúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaiscemlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaisciúlacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gaisciúlacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024