caighdeánach
Irish
Etymology
From caighdeán + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Munster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kəiˈdʲaːn̪ˠəx/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Connacht" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkəidʲɑːnˠəx/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ulster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkəidʲænˠa(h)/
Adjective
caighdeánach (genitive singular masculine caighdeánaigh, genitive singular feminine caighdeánaí, plural caighdeánacha, comparative caighdeánaí)
Declension
Declension of caighdeánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caighdeánach | chaighdeánach | caighdeánacha; chaighdeánacha² | |
| Vocative | chaighdeánaigh | caighdeánacha | ||
| Genitive | caighdeánaí | caighdeánacha | caighdeánach | |
| Dative | caighdeánach; chaighdeánach¹ |
chaighdeánach; chaighdeánaigh (archaic) |
caighdeánacha; chaighdeánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos caighdeánaí | |||
| Superlative | is caighdeánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- fochaighdeánach (“substandard”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caighdeánach | chaighdeánach | gcaighdeánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||