gaisce

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaisced (“weapons, arms, armour; valour, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃcɪ/

Noun

gaisce m (genitive singular gaisce, nominative plural gaiscí)

1. arms, weapons; martial equipment
2. feat of arms; prowess (in arms)
3. boasting, bravado; showing off, swank

Declension

Declension of gaisce (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gaisce gaiscí vocative a ghaisce a ghaiscí genitive gaisce gaiscí dative gaisce gaiscí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gaisce na gaiscí genitive an ghaisce na ngaiscí dative leis an ngaisce don ghaisce leis na gaiscí

Derived terms

• cuairt ghaisce
• gaisceoir

Related terms

• gaisceoireacht
• gaiscíoch
• gaiscíocht
• gaisciúil
• gaisciúlacht

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaisce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gaisce	ghaisce	ngaisce

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) “gaisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaisced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gaisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024