gaisgeach
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gaiscedach (“one bearing arms; warrior, especially one of prowess or skill; champion”), from gaisced (“weapons, arms, armour; valour, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gaisgeach m (genitive singular gaisgich, plural gaisgich)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bana-ghaisgeach (“heroine”)
- gaisgeach-mòr (“superhero”)
- ana-gaisgeach (“antihero”)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaiscedach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language