taibhseach

Irish

Alternative forms

aibhseach, taibhsiúil

Etymology

From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)

1. showy, flamboyant
  Synonym: gáifeach
2. ostentatious
3. pretentious, proud
Alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
Alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)

Declension

Declension of taibhseach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	taibhseach	thaibhseach	taibhseacha; thaibhseacha²
Vocative	thaibhsigh	thaibhseach	taibhseacha
Genitive	thaibhsigh	taibhsí	taibhseacha	taibhseach
Dative	taibhseach; thaibhseach¹	thaibhseach; thaibhsigh (archaic)	taibhseacha; thaibhseacha²
Comparative	níos taibhsí
Superlative	is taibhsí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

taibhseacht f (“showiness; ostentatiousness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taibhseach	thaibhseach	dtaibhseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.