carcanaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From carcana- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

carcanaigineach (genitive singular masculine carcanaiginigh, genitive singular feminine carcanaiginí, plural carcanaigineacha, comparative carcanaiginí)

  1. (medicine) carcinogenic

Declension

Declension of carcanaigineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative carcanaigineach charcanaigineach carcanaigineacha;
charcanaigineacha2
vocative charcanaiginigh carcanaigineacha
genitive carcanaiginí carcanaigineacha carcanaigineach
dative carcanaigineach;
charcanaigineach1 		charcanaigineach;
charcanaiginigh (archaic) 		carcanaigineacha;
charcanaigineacha2
Comparative níos carcanaiginí
Superlative is carcanaiginí

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 carcanaigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
carcanaigineach charcanaigineach gcarcanaigineach

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

Further reading

  • “carcanaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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