taispeántach

Irish

Alternative forms

• taispeánach

Etymology

From Old Irish taisbéntach (“showy, prominent”). By surface analysis, taispeáint (“showing”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

taispeántach (genitive singular masculine taispeántaigh, genitive singular feminine taispeántaí, plural taispeántacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) demonstrative
2. showy, prominent

Declension

Declension of taispeántach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	taispeántach	thaispeántach	taispeántacha; thaispeántacha2
vocative	thaispeántaigh		taispeántacha
genitive		taispeántaí	taispeántacha	taispeántach
dative	taispeántach; thaispeántach1	thaispeántach; thaispeántaigh (archaic)	taispeántacha; thaispeántacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• aidiacht thaispeántach (“demonstrative adjective”)
• forainm taispeántach (“demonstrative pronoun”)

 

Noun

taispeántach m (genitive singular taispeántaigh, nominative plural taispeántaigh)

1. (grammar) demonstrative (pronoun or determiner)

Declension

Declension of taispeántach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative taispeántach taispeántaigh vocative a thaispeántaigh a thaispeántacha genitive taispeántaigh taispeántach dative taispeántach taispeántaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an taispeántach na taispeántaigh genitive an taispeántaigh na dtaispeántach dative leis an taispeántach don taispeántach leis na taispeántaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of taispeántach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taispeántach	thaispeántach	dtaispeántach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taispeántach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taispeántach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taispeántach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024