gáifeach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish gáibthech (“dangerous, terrible”).[2] By surface analysis, gábh + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gáifeach (genitive singular masculine gáifigh, genitive singular feminine gáifí, plural gáifeacha, comparative gáifí)
- loud (of a colour, clothing etc.)
- exaggerated, sensational, overblown
- flamboyant, ostentatious
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gáifeach | gháifeach | gáifeacha; gháifeacha2 | |
| vocative | gháifigh | gáifeacha | ||
| genitive | gáifí | gáifeacha | gáifeach | |
| dative | gáifeach; gháifeach1 |
gháifeach; gháifigh (archaic) |
gáifeacha; gháifeacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos gáifí | |||
| Superlative | is gáifí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- gáifeachas m (“sensationalism”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gáifeach | gháifeach | ngáifeach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “gáifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáibthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gáifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gáifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gáifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024