cantalach
Irish
Etymology
From cantal (“plaintiveness; peevishness, petulance”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
cantalach (genitive singular masculine cantalaigh, genitive singular feminine cantalaí, plural cantalacha, comparative cantalaí)
Declension
Declension of cantalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cantalach | chantalach | cantalacha; chantalacha² | |
| Vocative | chantalaigh | cantalacha | ||
| Genitive | cantalaí | cantalacha | cantalach | |
| Dative | cantalach; chantalach¹ |
chantalach; chantalaigh (archaic) |
cantalacha; chantalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cantalaí | |||
| Superlative | is cantalaí | |||
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
- cantalachán m (“peevish person; grumbler, crank”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cantalach | chantalach | gcantalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cantalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cantalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN