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. (of person) awkward, clumsy
    Synonyms: amscaí, ciotach, ciotarúnta, liopasta, tuathalach, úspánta

Declension
Declension of tuaisceartach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuaisceartach thuaisceartach dtuaisceartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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