caitheamhach

Irish

Adjective

caitheamhach (genitive singular masculine caitheamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caitheamhaí, plural caitheamhacha, comparative caitheamhaí)

  1. alternative spelling of caifeach (“given to spending; prodigal, wasteful”)

Declension

Declension of caitheamhach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of caitheamhach
radical lenition eclipsis
caitheamhach chaitheamhach gcaitheamhach

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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