gaisciúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gaiscemlacht (“prowess, valour”), from gaiscemail (“warlike, valiant”); synchronically, gaisciúil (“warlike, valiant; boastful, vaunting, vainglorious”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

gaisciúlacht f (genitive singular gaisciúlachta)

valor, heroism
boastfulness, vainglory

Declension

Declension of gaisciúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	gaisciúlacht
Vocative	a ghaisciúlacht
Genitive	gaisciúlachta
Dative	gaisciúlacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an ghaisciúlacht
Genitive	na gaisciúlachta
Dative	leis an ngaisciúlacht don ghaisciúlacht

Synonyms

(heroism): gaiscíocht

Related terms

gaisce m (“arms, weapons; martial equipment; feat (of arms); prowess (in arms); boasting, bravado; showing off, swank”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaisciúlacht	ghaisciúlacht	ngaisciúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"gaisciúlacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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