caimiléireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• caimlínteacht

Etymology

From caimiléir (“dishonest person, crook”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

caimiléireacht f (genitive singular caimiléireachta)

1. crookedness, dishonesty

   Synonyms: éillitheacht, mí-ionracas, mímhacántacht

Declension

Declension of caimiléireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caimiléireacht vocative a chaimiléireacht genitive caimiléireachta dative caimiléireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chaimiléireacht genitive na caimiléireachta dative leis an gcaimiléireacht don chaimiléireacht

Derived terms

• déan caimiléireacht ar (“cheat”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caimiléireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caimiléireacht	chaimiléireacht	gcaimiléireacht

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