rinceach

Irish

Etymology

From rince (“dance”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

rinceach (genitive singular masculine rincigh, genitive singular feminine rincí, plural rinceacha, not comparable)

1. dancing

   Synonym: damhsach

2. spinning (of top)

Declension

Declension of rinceach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	rinceach	rinceach	rinceacha
vocative	rincigh		rinceacha
genitive		rincí	rinceacha	rinceach
dative	rinceach	rinceach; rincigh (archaic)	rinceacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rinceach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
rinceach	not applicable	not applicable

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) “rinceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rinceach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm