gaiscíoch

• gaisceadhach, gaiscidheach (obsolete)

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”) + -ach.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ɡaʃˈciːx]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaʃciːx]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaʃcix]

gaiscíoch m (genitive singular gaiscígh, nominative plural gaiscígh)

1. man of prowess (in arms); hero, warrior

   Synonyms: curadh, laoch

2. boaster

   Synonym: gaisceoir

• banghaiscíoch

• gaiscíocht

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaiscíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gaiscedach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gaiscíoch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gaiscíoch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.