tuaisceartach

Irish

Etymology

From tuaisceart +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tuaisceartach (genitive singular masculine tuaisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine tuaisceartaí, plural tuaisceartacha, comparative tuaisceartaí)

1. (geography, geology) boreal

   Synonym: bóireach

2. (geography) northern

   Synonym: thuaidh

3. awkward, clumsy (of person)

   Synonyms: amscaí, ciotach, ciotarúnta, liopasta, tuathalach, úspánta

Declension

Declension of tuaisceartach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	tuaisceartach	thuaisceartach	tuaisceartacha; thuaisceartacha2
vocative	thuaisceartaigh		tuaisceartacha
genitive		tuaisceartaí	tuaisceartacha	tuaisceartach
dative	tuaisceartach; thuaisceartach1	thuaisceartach; thuaisceartaigh (archaic)	tuaisceartacha; thuaisceartacha2
Comparative	níos tuaisceartaí
Superlative	is tuaisceartaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuaisceartach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuaisceartach	thuaisceartach	dtuaisceartach

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