óinseach

See also: òinseach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óinsech (foolish or giddy woman).

Pronunciation

Noun

óinseach f (genitive singular óinsí, nominative plural óinseacha)

  1. (derogatory) foolish woman

Declension

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. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading

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