taismeach

Irish

Etymology

From taisme (“mishap”) +‎ -ach (adjective ending).

Adjective

taismeach (genitive singular masculine taismigh, genitive singular feminine taismí, plural taismeacha, comparative taismí)

  1. accidental, unwitting, adventitious, aleatory

Declension

Declension of taismeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative taismeach thaismeach taismeacha;
thaismeacha2
vocative thaismigh taismeacha
genitive taismí taismeacha taismeach
dative taismeach;
thaismeach1 		thaismeach;
thaismigh (archaic) 		taismeacha;
thaismeacha2
Comparative níos taismí
Superlative is taismí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

taismeach m (genitive singular taismigh, nominative plural taismigh)

  1. (technical) casualty
    chun líon na dtaismeach a laghdú
    to reduce the number of casualties

Declension

Declension of taismeach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative taismeach taismigh
vocative a thaismigh a thaismeacha
genitive taismigh taismeach
dative taismeach taismigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an taismeach na taismigh
genitive an taismigh na dtaismeach
dative leis an taismeach
don taismeach 		leis na taismigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of taismeach
radical lenition eclipsis
taismeach thaismeach dtaismeach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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