fleasgach

Irish

Noun

fleasgach m (genitive singular fleasgaigh, nominative plural fleasgaigh)

1. Superseded spelling of fleascach.

Declension

Declension of fleasgach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fleasgach fleasgaigh vocative a fhleasgaigh a fhleasgacha genitive fleasgaigh fleasgach dative fleasgach fleasgaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fleasgach na fleasgaigh genitive an fhleasgaigh na bhfleasgach dative leis an bhfleasgach don fhleasgach leis na fleasgaigh

Adjective

fleasgach (genitive singular masculine fleasgaigh, genitive singular feminine fleasgaighe, plural fleasgacha, comparative fleasgaighe)

1. Superseded spelling of fleascach.

Declension

Declension of fleasgach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	fleasgach	fhleasgach	fleasgacha; fhleasgacha2
vocative	fhleasgaigh		fleasgacha
genitive		fleasgaighe	fleasgacha	fleasgach
dative	fleasgach; fhleasgach1	fhleasgach; fhleasgaigh (archaic)	fleasgacha; fhleasgacha2
Comparative	níos fleasgaighe
Superlative	is fleasgaighe

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 fleasgach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fleasgach	fhleasgach	bhfleasgach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”). By surface analysis, fleasg (“wand”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish fleascach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfles̪kəx/

Noun

fleasgach m (genitive and plural fleasgaich)

1. bachelor
2. squire
3. best man
4. (archaic) stripling, young man, youth

Synonyms

• (bachelor): seana-ghille