taismeach

Irish

Etymology

From taisme (“mishap”) +‎ -ach (adjective ending).

Adjective

taismeach (genitive singular masculine taismigh, genitive singular feminine taismí, plural taismeacha, comparative taismí)

1. accidental, unwitting, adventitious, aleatory

Declension

Declension of taismeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	taismeach	thaismeach	taismeacha; thaismeacha2
vocative	thaismigh		taismeacha
genitive		taismí	taismeacha	taismeach
dative	taismeach; thaismeach1	thaismeach; thaismigh (archaic)	taismeacha; thaismeacha2
Comparative	níos taismí
Superlative	is taismí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

taismeach m (genitive singular taismigh, nominative plural taismigh)

1. (technical) casualty

   chun líon na dtaismeach a laghdú

   to reduce the number of casualties

Declension

Declension of taismeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative taismeach taismigh vocative a thaismigh a thaismeacha genitive taismigh taismeach dative taismeach taismigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an taismeach na taismigh genitive an taismigh na dtaismeach dative leis an taismeach don taismeach leis na taismigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of taismeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taismeach	thaismeach	dtaismeach

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