carcanaigineach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]carcanaigineach (genitive singular masculine carcanaiginigh, genitive singular feminine carcanaiginí, plural carcanaigineacha, comparative carcanaiginí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of carcanaigineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | carcanaigineach | charcanaigineach | carcanaigineacha; charcanaigineacha² | |
| Vocative | charcanaiginigh | carcanaigineacha | ||
| Genitive | carcanaiginí | carcanaigineacha | carcanaigineach | |
| Dative | carcanaigineach; charcanaigineach¹ |
charcanaigineach; charcanaiginigh (archaic) |
carcanaigineacha; charcanaigineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos carcanaiginí | |||
| Superlative | is carcanaiginí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carcanaigineach | charcanaigineach | gcarcanaigineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “carcanaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024