caipitleachas

Irish

Etymology

From caipitleach (“capitalist”, adjective) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

caipitleachas m (genitive singular caipitleachais)

1. (economics, politics) capitalism

Declension

Declension of caipitleachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caipitleachas Vocative a chaipitleachais Genitive caipitleachais Dative caipitleachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an caipitleachas Genitive an chaipitleachais Dative leis an gcaipitleachas don chaipitleachas

Synonyms

• rachmasaíocht

Derived terms

• caipitleachas stáit (“state capitalism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipitleachas	chaipitleachas	gcaipitleachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caipitleachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “capitalism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024