caitheamhach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]caitheamhach (genitive singular masculine caitheamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caitheamhaí, plural caitheamhacha, comparative caitheamhaí)
- Alternative spelling of caifeach (“given to spending; prodigal, wasteful”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of caitheamhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caitheamhach | chaitheamhach | caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha² | |
| Vocative | chaitheamhaigh | caitheamhacha | ||
| Genitive | caitheamhaí | caitheamhacha | caitheamhach | |
| Dative | caitheamhach; chaitheamhach¹ |
chaitheamhach; chaitheamhaigh (archaic) |
caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos caitheamhaí | |||
| Superlative | is caitheamhaí | |||
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 |
| caitheamhach | chaitheamhach | gcaitheamhach |
| 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) “caitheamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN