cáilitheach
Irish
Adjective
cáilitheach (genitive singular masculine cáilithigh, genitive singular feminine cáilithí, plural cáilitheacha, not comparable)
- (grammar) qualifying
- aidiacht cháilitheach ― qualifying adjective
Declension
Declension of cáilitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cáilitheach | cháilitheach | cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha² | |
| Vocative | cháilithigh | cáilitheacha | ||
| Genitive | cáilithí | cáilitheacha | cáilitheach | |
| Dative | cáilitheach; cháilitheach¹ |
cháilitheach; cháilithigh (archaic) |
cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cáilitheach | cháilitheach | gcáilitheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáilitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cáilitheach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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