óinseach

See also: òinseach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óinsech (“foolish or giddy woman”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

óinseach f (genitive singular óinsí, nominative plural óinseacha)

  1. (derogatory) foolish woman

Declension
Declension of óinseach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative óinseach óinseacha
Vocative a óinseach a óinseacha
Genitive óinsí óinseach
Dative óinseach
óinsigh (archaic, dialectal)		 óinseacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an óinseach na hóinseacha
Genitive na hóinsí na n-óinseach
Dative leis an óinseach
leis an óinsigh (archaic, dialectal)

don óinseach
don óinsigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hóinseacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
óinseach n-óinseach hóinseach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óinsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

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