tais-scópach

Irish

Etymology

From tais-scóp (“hygroscope”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tais-scópach (genitive singular masculine tais-scópaigh, genitive singular feminine tais-scópaí, plural tais-scópacha, comparative tais-scópaí)

(chemistry, physics) hygroscopic

Declension

Declension of tais-scópach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	tais-scópach	thais-scópach	tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha²
Vocative	thais-scópaigh	thais-scópach	tais-scópacha
Genitive	thais-scópaigh	tais-scópaí	tais-scópacha	tais-scópach
Dative	tais-scópach; thais-scópach¹	thais-scópach; thais-scópaigh (archaic)	tais-scópacha; thais-scópacha²
Comparative	níos tais-scópaí
Superlative	is tais-scópaí

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

Related terms

tais-scópacht f (“hygroscopy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tais-scópach	thais-scópach	dtais-scópach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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