fleasgach

Irish

Noun

fleasgach m (genitive singular fleasgaigh, nominative plural fleasgaigh)

1. Superseded spelling of fleascach.

Declension

Declension of fleasgach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fleasgach fleasgaigh Vocative a fhleasgaigh a fhleasgacha Genitive fleasgaigh fleasgach Dative fleasgach fleasgaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fleasgach na fleasgaigh Genitive an fhleasgaigh na bhfleasgach Dative leis an bhfleasgach don fhleasgach leis na fleasgaigh

Adjective

fleasgach (genitive singular masculine fleasgaigh, genitive singular feminine fleasgaighe, plural fleasgacha, comparative fleasgaighe)

1. Superseded spelling of fleascach.

Declension

Declension of fleasgach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fleasgach	fhleasgach	fleasgacha; fhleasgacha²
Vocative	fhleasgaigh		fleasgacha
Genitive		fleasgaighe	fleasgacha	fleasgach
Dative	fleasgach; fhleasgach¹	fhleasgach; fhleasgaigh (archaic)	fleasgacha; fhleasgacha²
Comparative	níos fleasgaighe
Superlative	is fleasgaighe

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
fleasgach	fhleasgach	bhfleasgach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”). By surface analysis, fleasg (“wand”) ‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish fleascach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfles̪kəx/

Noun

fleasgach m (genitive and plural fleasgaich)

1. bachelor
2. squire
3. best man
4. (archaic) stripling, young man, youth

Synonyms

• (bachelor): seana-ghille