gailseach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gailseach f (genitive singular gailsí, nominative plural gailseacha)

1. earwig

Declension

Declension of gailseach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gailseach gailseacha vocative a ghailseach a ghailseacha genitive gailsí gailseach dative gailseach gailsigh (archaic, dialectal) gailseacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghailseach na gailseacha genitive na gailsí na ngailseach dative leis an ngailseach leis an ngailsigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghailseach don ghailsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na gailseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of gailseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gailseach	ghailseach	ngailseach

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