tais-scópach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tais-scóp (“hygroscope”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]tais-scópach (genitive singular masculine tais-scópaigh, genitive singular feminine tais-scópaí, plural tais-scópacha, comparative tais-scópaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | tais-scópach | thais-scópach | tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha2 | |
| vocative | thais-scópaigh | tais-scópacha | ||
| genitive | tais-scópaí | tais-scópacha | tais-scópach | |
| dative | tais-scópach; thais-scópach1 |
thais-scópach; thais-scópaigh (archaic) |
tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos tais-scópaí | |||
| Superlative | is tais-scópaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- tais-scópacht f (“hygroscopy”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tais-scópach | thais-scópach | dtais-scópach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tais-scópach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN