taibhsigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From taibhse (“ghost; apparition, spectre; manifestation; appearance, look; display, ostentation; pretension, pride”) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

taibhsigh (present analytic taibhsíonn, future analytic taibhseoidh, verbal noun taibhsiú, past participle taibhsithe)

(intransitive) to loom; appear, seem

Conjugation

Conjugation of *taibhsigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	taibhsím	taibhsíonn tú; taibhsír^†	taibhsíonn sé, sí	taibhsímid; taibhsíonn muid	taibhsíonn sibh	taibhsíonn siad; taibhsíd^†	a thaibhsíonn; a thaibhsíos	taibhsítear
past	thaibhsigh mé; thaibhsíos	thaibhsigh tú; thaibhsís	thaibhsigh sé, sí	thaibhsíomar; thaibhsigh muid	thaibhsigh sibh; thaibhsíobhair	thaibhsigh siad; thaibhsíodar	a thaibhsigh	taibhsíodh
past habitual	thaibhsínn / taibhsínn^‡	thaibhsíteá / taibhsíteá^‡	thaibhsíodh sé, sí / taibhsíodh sé, sí^‡	thaibhsímis; thaibhsíodh muid / taibhsímis^‡; taibhsíodh muid^‡	thaibhsíodh sibh / taibhsíodh sibh^‡	thaibhsídís; thaibhsíodh / taibhsídís^‡; taibhsíodh siad^‡	a thaibhsíodh	thaibhsítí / taibhsítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	taibhseoidh mé; taibhseod; taibhseochaidh mé^†	taibhseoidh tú; taibhseoir^†; taibhseochaidh tú^†	taibhseoidh sé, sí; taibhseochaidh sé, sí^†	taibhseoimid; taibhseoidh muid; taibhseochaimid^†; taibhseochaidh muid^†	taibhseoidh sibh; taibhseochaidh sibh^†	taibhseoidh siad; taibhseoid^†; taibhseochaidh siad^†	a thaibhseoidh; a thaibhseos; a thaibhseochaidh^†; a thaibhseochas^†	taibhseofar; taibhseochar^†
conditional	thaibhseoinn; thaibhseochainn^† / taibhseoinn^‡; taibhseochainn^†^‡	thaibhseofá; thaibhseochthá^† / taibhseofá^‡; taibhseochthá^†^‡	thaibhseodh sé, sí; thaibhseochadh sé, sí^† / taibhseodh sé, sí^‡; taibhseochadh sé, sí^†^‡	thaibhseoimis; thaibhseodh muid; thaibhseochaimis^†; thaibhseochadh muid^† / taibhseoimis^‡; taibhseodh muid^‡; taibhseochaimis^†^‡; taibhseochadh muid^†^‡	thaibhseodh sibh; thaibhseochadh sibh^† / taibhseodh sibh^‡; taibhseochadh sibh^†^‡	thaibhseoidís; thaibhseodh siad; thaibhseochaidís^†; thaibhseochadh siad^† / taibhseoidís^‡; taibhseodh siad^‡; taibhseochaidís^†^‡; taibhseochadh siad^†^‡	a thaibhseodh; a thaibhseochadh^†	thaibhseofaí; thaibhseochthaí^† / taibhseofaí^‡; taibhseochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go dtaibhsí mé; go dtaibhsíod^†	go dtaibhsí tú; go dtaibhsír^†	go dtaibhsí sé, sí	go dtaibhsímid; go dtaibhsí muid	go dtaibhsí sibh	go dtaibhsí siad; go dtaibhsíd^†	—	go dtaibhsítear
past	dá dtaibhsínn	dá dtaibhsíteá	dá dtaibhsíodh sé, sí	dá dtaibhsímis; dá dtaibhsíodh muid	dá dtaibhsíodh sibh	dá dtaibhsídís; dá dtaibhsíodh siad	—	dá dtaibhsítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	taibhsím	taibhsigh	taibhsíodh sé, sí	taibhsímis	taibhsígí; taibhsídh^†	taibhsídís	—	taibhsítear

past participle	taibhsithe

verbal noun	taibhsiú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative forms

aidhbhsigh

Etymology 2

Adjective

taibhsigh

genitive singular masculine of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *taibhsigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
taibhsigh	thaibhsigh	dtaibhsigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “taibhsigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN