taibhsiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

taibhseach

Etymology

From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

taibhsiúil (genitive singular masculine taibhsiúil, genitive singular feminine taibhsiúla, plural taibhsiúla, comparative taibhsiúla)

ghostly, ghostlike, spectral
Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)

Declension

Declension of *taibhsiúil*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	taibhsiúil	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla²
vocative	thaibhsiúil	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla
genitive	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla	taibhsiúla	taibhsiúil
dative	taibhsiúil; thaibhsiúil¹	thaibhsiúil	taibhsiúla; thaibhsiúla²
Comparative	níos taibhsiúla
Superlative	is taibhsiúla

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

taibhsiúlacht f (“ghostliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *taibhsiúil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
taibhsiúil	thaibhsiúil	dtaibhsiúil

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) “taibhsiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN