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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
damhsach	dhamhsach	ndamhsach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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