cainteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cainteach (genitive singular masculine caintigh, genitive singular feminine caintí, plural cainteacha, comparative caintí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cainteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cainteach | chainteach | cainteacha; chainteacha² | |
Vocative | chaintigh | cainteacha | ||
Genitive | caintí | cainteacha | cainteach | |
Dative | cainteach; chainteach¹ |
chainteach; chaintigh (archaic) |
cainteacha; chainteacha² | |
Comparative | níos caintí | |||
Superlative | is caintí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cainteach | chainteach | gcainteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cainteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cainteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024