gaisciúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• gaisgeamhlacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

gaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)

1. valor, heroism

   Synonym: gaiscíocht

2. boastfulness, vainglory, bravado, pretentiousness, swank

Declension

Declension of gaisciúlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gaisciúlacht vocative a ghaisciúlacht genitive gaisciúlachta dative gaisciúlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ghaisciúlacht genitive na gaisciúlachta dative leis an ngaisciúlacht don ghaisciúlacht

Related terms

• gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaisciúlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gaisciúlacht	ghaisciúlacht	ngaisciúlacht

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