teaspúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• teasbamhail, teasbhamhail, teasbúil, teaspamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From the root of teaspáin, alternative form of taispeáin (“to show”), plus -úil.

Adjective

teaspúil (genitive singular feminine teaspúla, plural teaspúla, comparative teaspúla)

1. wanton (lewd, immoral)
2. frisky, exuberant, full of animal spirits

Declension

Declension of teaspúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teaspúil	theaspúil	teaspúla; theaspúla²
Vocative	theaspúil		teaspúla
Genitive		teaspúla	teaspúla	teaspúil
Dative	teaspúil; theaspúil¹	theaspúil	teaspúla; theaspúla²
Comparative	níos teaspúla
Superlative	is teaspúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teaspúil	theaspúil	dteaspúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “teasḃaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teaspúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN