cainteach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cainntech.[2] By surface analysis, caint + -each.
Pronunciation
[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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cainteach | chainteach | gcainteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “cainteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114
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