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taispeántach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish taisbéntach (“showy, prominent”). By surface analysis, taispeáint (“showing”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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taispeántach (genitive singular masculine taispeántaigh, genitive singular feminine taispeántaí, plural taispeántacha, not comparable)

  1. (grammar) demonstrative
  2. showy, prominent

Declension

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Declension of taispeántach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative taispeántach thaispeántach taispeántacha;
thaispeántacha²
Vocative thaispeántaigh taispeántacha
Genitive taispeántaí taispeántacha taispeántach
Dative taispeántach;
thaispeántach¹ 		thaispeántach;
thaispeántaigh (archaic) 		taispeántacha;
thaispeántacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

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Noun

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taispeántach m (genitive singular taispeántaigh, nominative plural taispeántaigh)

  1. (grammar) demonstrative (pronoun or determiner)

Declension

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Declension of taispeántach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative taispeántach taispeántaigh
Vocative a thaispeántaigh a thaispeántacha
Genitive taispeántaigh taispeántach
Dative taispeántach taispeántaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an taispeántach na taispeántaigh
Genitive an taispeántaigh na dtaispeántach
Dative leis an taispeántach

don taispeántach

leis na taispeántaigh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
taispeántach thaispeántach dtaispeántach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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