Caitliceachas

Irish

Etymology

From Caitliceach (“Catholic”) +‎ -as (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

Caitliceachas m (genitive singular Caitliceachais)

1. Catholicism

Declension

Declension of Caitliceachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Caitliceachas vocative a Chaitliceachais genitive Caitliceachais dative Caitliceachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Caitliceachas genitive an Chaitliceachais dative leis an gCaitliceachas don Chaitliceachas

Derived terms

• An Caitliceachas Rómhánach (“Roman Catholicism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Caitliceachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Caitliceachas	Chaitliceachas	gCaitliceachas

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) “Caitliceachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Caitliceachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Caitliceachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024