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gaiscedach

gaiscedach

Old Irish

Noun

gaiscedach m

one bearing arms; warrior, especially one of prowess or skill; champion

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: gaiscíoch
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach

Etymology 2

From gaisced +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gaiscedach

valiant, martial, skilled in arms

Inflection

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Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gaiscedach	gaiscedach pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngaiscedach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“gaiscedach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.