taisleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• taiseach

Etymology

From tais +‎ -leach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠæʃl̠ʲa(x)/

Noun

taisleach m (genitive singular taisligh)

1. moisture, damp

Declension

Declension of taisleach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative taisleach Vocative a thaisligh Genitive taisligh Dative taisleach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an taisleach Genitive an taisligh Dative leis an taisleach don taisleach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taisleach	thaisleach	dtaisleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “taisleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taislech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taisleach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 712
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taisleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32