fleascach
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Etymology 1
From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”).[1] By surface analysis, fleasc (“wand”) + -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fleasgach.
Alternative forms
- fleascachán, fleascánach
- fleasgach, fleasgachán, fleasgánach (superseded)[2]
Noun
fleascach m (genitive singular fleascaigh, nominative plural fleascaigh)
Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of fleascach
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish flescach (“abounding in shoot or branches; youthful”).[1] By surface analysis, fleasc (“wand”) + -ach.
Alternative forms
- fleascúil
- fleascamhail, fleasgach, fleasgamhail (superseded)[3]
Adjective
fleascach (genitive singular masculine fleascaigh, genitive singular feminine fleascaí, plural fleascacha, comparative fleascaí)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fleascach | fhleascach | fleascacha; fhleascacha² | |
| Vocative | fhleascaigh | fleascacha | ||
| Genitive | fleascaí | fleascacha | fleascach | |
| Dative | fleascach; fhleascach¹ |
fhleascach; fhleascaigh (archaic) |
fleascacha; fhleascacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fleascaí | |||
| Superlative | is fleascaí | |||
Declension of fleascach
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fleascach | fhleascach | bhfleascach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flescach or dil.ie/22309”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fleascaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fleascaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fleascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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