cáirigineach

Irish

Etymology

From cáiri- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

cáirigineach (genitive singular masculine cáiriginigh, genitive singular feminine cáiriginí, plural cáirigineacha, comparative cáiriginí)

1. (dentistry) cariogenic

Declension

Declension of cáirigineach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cáirigineach	cháirigineach	cáirigineacha; cháirigineacha2
vocative	cháiriginigh		cáirigineacha
genitive		cáiriginí	cáirigineacha	cáirigineach
dative	cáirigineach; cháirigineach1	cháirigineach; cháiriginigh (archaic)	cáirigineacha; cháirigineacha2
Comparative	níos cáiriginí
Superlative	is cáiriginí

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 cáirigineach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáirigineach	cháirigineach	gcáirigineach

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