alaisceach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

alaisceach f (genitive singular alaiscí, nominative plural alaisceacha)

1. big strong woman

   Synonym: alaisceach mná

Declension

Declension of alaisceach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alaisceach alaisceacha vocative a alaisceach a alaisceacha genitive alaiscí alaisceach dative alaisceach alaisceacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an alaisceach na halaisceacha genitive na halaiscí na n-alaisceach dative leis an alaisceach don alaisceach leis na halaisceacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of alaisceach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alaisceach	n-alaisceach	halaisceach	not applicable

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) “alaisceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN