caipitlíoch

Irish

Etymology

From caipitlí (“capitalist”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

caipitlíoch (genitive singular masculine caipitlíoch, genitive singular feminine caipitlíche, plural caipitlíocha, comparative caipitlíche)

  1. capitalist, capitalistic

Declension

Declension of caipitlíoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative caipitlíoch chaipitlíoch caipitlíocha;
chaipitlíocha2
vocative chaipitlíoch caipitlíocha
genitive caipitlíche caipitlíocha caipitlíoch
dative caipitlíoch;
chaipitlíoch1 		chaipitlíoch caipitlíocha;
chaipitlíocha2
Comparative níos caipitlíche
Superlative is caipitlíche

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caipitlíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
caipitlíoch chaipitlíoch gcaipitlíoch

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caipitlíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “capitalist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “capitalistic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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