caifeachas

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

caifeachas m (genitive singular caifeachais)

1. prodigality, wastefulness

   Synonym: caifeacht

Declension

Declension of caifeachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caifeachas vocative a chaifeachais genitive caifeachais dative caifeachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an caifeachas genitive an chaifeachais dative leis an gcaifeachas don chaifeachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of caifeachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caifeachas	chaifeachas	gcaifeachas

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