taibhseach
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
aibhseach, taibhsiúil
=== Etymology ===
From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
=== Adjective ===
taibhseach (genitive singular masculine taibhsigh, genitive singular feminine taibhsí, plural taibhseacha, comparative taibhsí)
showy, flamboyant
Synonym: gáifeach
ostentatious
pretentious, proud
alternative form of aibhseach (“great, immense; high”)
alternative form of taibhsiúil (“ghostly, spectral”)
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
taibhseacht f (“showiness; ostentatiousness”)
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “taibhseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “taibhseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“taibhseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026