Tuscánach

Irish

Etymology

From An Tuscáin (“Tuscany”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Tuscánach (genitive singular masculine Tuscánaigh, genitive singular feminine Tuscánaí, plural Tuscánacha, not comparable)

1. Tuscan

Declension

Declension of Tuscánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Tuscánach	Thuscánach	Tuscánacha; Thuscánacha2
vocative	Thuscánaigh		Tuscánacha
genitive		Tuscánaí	Tuscánacha	Tuscánach
dative	Tuscánach; Thuscánach1	Thuscánach; Thuscánaigh (archaic)	Tuscánacha; Thuscánacha2
Comparative	níos Tuscánaí
Superlative	is Tuscánaí

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

Noun

Tuscánach m (genitive singular Tuscánaigh, nominative plural Tuscánaigh)

1. Tuscan (person)

Declension

Declension of Tuscánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Tuscánach Tuscánaigh vocative a Thuscánaigh a Thuscánacha genitive Tuscánaigh Tuscánach dative Tuscánach Tuscánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Tuscánach na Tuscánaigh genitive an Tuscánaigh na dTuscánach dative leis an Tuscánach don Tuscánach leis na Tuscánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Tuscánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Tuscánach	Thuscánach	dTuscánach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Tuscánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tuscánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Tuscánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024