tais-scópach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom tais-scóp (“hygroscope”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
edittais-scópach (genitive singular masculine tais-scópaigh, genitive singular feminine tais-scópaí, plural tais-scópacha, comparative tais-scópaí)
Declension
editDeclension of tais-scópach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tais-scópach | thais-scópach | tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha² | |
| Vocative | thais-scópaigh | tais-scópacha | ||
| Genitive | tais-scópaí | tais-scópacha | tais-scópach | |
| Dative | tais-scópach; thais-scópach¹ |
thais-scópach; thais-scópaigh (archaic) |
tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tais-scópaí | |||
| Superlative | is tais-scópaí | |||
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
edit- tais-scópacht f (“hygroscopy”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tais-scópach | thais-scópach | dtais-scópach |
| 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) “tais-scópach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN