cinéiteach

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “one who puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Adjective

cinéiteach (genitive singular masculine cinéitigh, genitive singular feminine cinéití, plural cinéiteacha, comparative cinéití)

  1. kinetic

Declension

Declension of cinéiteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cinéiteach chinéiteach cinéiteacha;
chinéiteacha2
vocative chinéitigh cinéiteacha
genitive cinéití cinéiteacha cinéiteach
dative cinéiteach;
chinéiteach1 		chinéiteach;
chinéitigh (archaic) 		cinéiteacha;
chinéiteacha2
Comparative níos cinéití
Superlative is cinéití

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

  • fuinneamh cinéiteach (“kinetic energy”)
  • samhail chinéiteach (“kinetic model”)
  • teoiric chinéiteach na ngás (“kinetic theory of gases”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinéiteach
radical lenition eclipsis
cinéiteach chinéiteach gcinéiteach

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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