gáifeach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
gáifeach (genitive singular masculine gáifigh, genitive singular feminine gáifí, plural gáifeacha, comparative gáifí)
- dangerous, terrible
- loud, wild, fierce (of sound)
- exaggerated, sensational; given to exaggeration
- flamboyant, ostentatious
Declension edit
Declension of gáifeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gáifeach | gháifeach | gáifeacha; gháifeacha² | |
| Vocative | gháifigh | gáifeacha | ||
| Genitive | gáifí | gáifeacha | gáifeach | |
| Dative | gáifeach; gháifeach¹ |
gháifeach; gháifigh (archaic) |
gáifeacha; gháifeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gáifí | |||
| Superlative | is gáifí | |||
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
- gáifeachas m (“sensationalism”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gáifeach | gháifeach | ngáifeach |
| 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) “gáifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gáifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gáifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024