clasaic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English classic, from French classique, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis.

Noun

clasaic f (genitive singular clasaice, nominative plural clasaicí)

1. (literature, etc.) classic

Declension

Declension of clasaic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clasaic clasaicí vocative a chlasaic a chlasaicí genitive clasaice clasaicí dative clasaic clasaicí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chlasaic na clasaicí genitive na clasaice na gclasaicí dative leis an gclasaic don chlasaic leis na clasaicí

Synonyms

• clasaiceach

Derived terms

• clasaiceach (“classic, classical”, adjective)
• clasaiceas (“classicalism”)
• clasaicíoch (“classicist”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of clasaic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clasaic	chlasaic	gclasaic

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

Further reading

• “classic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024