cáilitheach

Irish

Etymology

From cáilithe +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cáilitheach (genitive singular masculine cáilithigh, genitive singular feminine cáilithí, plural cáilitheacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) qualifying

   aidiacht cháilitheach ― qualifying adjective

Declension

Declension of cáilitheach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cáilitheach	cháilitheach	cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha2
vocative	cháilithigh		cáilitheacha
genitive		cáilithí	cáilitheacha	cáilitheach
dative	cáilitheach; cháilitheach1	cháilitheach; cháilithigh (archaic)	cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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 cáilitheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáilitheach	cháilitheach	gcáilitheach

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) “cáilitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáilitheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm