cáirigineach

Irish

Etymology

From cáiri- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

cáirigineach (genitive singular masculine cáiriginigh, genitive singular feminine cáiriginí, plural cáirigineacha, comparative cáiriginí)

  1. (dentistry) cariogenic

Declension

Declension of cáirigineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cáirigineach cháirigineach cáirigineacha;
cháirigineacha2
vocative cháiriginigh cáirigineacha
genitive cáiriginí cáirigineacha cáirigineach
dative cáirigineach;
cháirigineach1 		cháirigineach;
cháiriginigh (archaic) 		cáirigineacha;
cháirigineacha2
Comparative níos cáiriginí
Superlative is cáiriginí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáirigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
cáirigineach cháirigineach gcáirigineach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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