taibhsiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• taibhseach

Etymology

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

Adjective

taibhsiúil (genitive singular masculine taibhsiúil, genitive singular feminine taibhsiúla, plural taibhsiúla, comparative taibhsiúla)

1. ghostly, ghostlike, spectral
2. Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)

Declension

Declension of taibhsiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	taibhsiúil	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla²
Vocative	thaibhsiúil		taibhsiúla
Genitive		taibhsiúla	taibhsiúla	taibhsiúil
Dative	taibhsiúil; thaibhsiúil¹	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla²
Comparative	níos taibhsiúla
Superlative	is taibhsiúla

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

Derived terms

• taibhsiúlacht f (“ghostliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taibhsiúil	thaibhsiúil	dtaibhsiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taibhsiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN