damhsach

Irish

Etymology

From damhsa (“dance”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

damhsach (genitive singular masculine damhsaigh, genitive singular feminine damhsaí, plural damhsacha, not comparable)

1. dancing

   Synonym: rinceach

2. frisky

Declension

Declension of damhsach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	damhsach	dhamhsach	damhsacha; dhamhsacha2
vocative	dhamhsaigh		damhsacha
genitive		damhsaí	damhsacha	damhsach
dative	damhsach; dhamhsach1	dhamhsach; dhamhsaigh (archaic)	damhsacha; dhamhsacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of damhsach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
damhsach	dhamhsach	ndamhsach

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) “damhsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “damhsach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm