cigilteach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cigileach

Etymology

From cigilt (“tickle, titillation”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cigilteach (genitive singular masculine cigiltigh, genitive singular feminine cigiltí, plural cigilteacha, comparative cigiltí)

  1. ticklish

Declension

Declension of cigilteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cigilteach chigilteach cigilteacha;
chigilteacha2
vocative chigiltigh cigilteacha
genitive cigiltí cigilteacha cigilteach
dative cigilteach;
chigilteach1 		chigilteach;
chigiltigh (archaic) 		cigilteacha;
chigilteacha2
Comparative níos cigiltí
Superlative is cigiltí

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

Derived terms

  • cigilteacht f (“ticklishness”)
  • cigilteán m (“ticklesome person; touchy person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cigilteach
radical lenition eclipsis
cigilteach chigilteach gcigilteach

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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