baothchaifeach

Irish

From baoth (“foolish”) +‎ caifeach (“prodigal”); also analyzable as baothchaitheamh +‎ -ach.

baothchaifeach (genitive singular masculine baothchaifigh, genitive singular feminine baothchaifí, plural baothchaifeacha, comparative baothchaifí)

Declension of *baothchaifeach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	baothchaifeach	bhaothchaifeach	baothchaifeacha; bhaothchaifeacha²
vocative	bhaothchaifigh	bhaothchaifeach	baothchaifeacha
genitive	bhaothchaifigh	baothchaifí	baothchaifeacha	baothchaifeach
dative	baothchaifeach; bhaothchaifeach¹	bhaothchaifeach; bhaothchaifigh (archaic)	baothchaifeacha; bhaothchaifeacha²
Comparative	níos baothchaifí
Superlative	is baothchaifí

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

Mutated forms of *baothchaifeach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
baothchaifeach	bhaothchaifeach	mbaothchaifeach

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

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72