cainteach

Irish

Alternative forms

cainnteach (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cainntech.^[2] By surface analysis, caint +‎ -each.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkainʲtʲəx/^[3]

Adjective

cainteach (genitive singular masculine caintigh, genitive singular feminine caintí, plural cainteacha, comparative caintí)

talkative, chatty
Synonym: caintiúil

Declension

Declension of *cainteach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cainteach	chainteach	cainteacha; chainteacha²
vocative	chaintigh	chainteach	cainteacha
genitive	chaintigh	caintí	cainteacha	cainteach
dative	cainteach; chainteach¹	chainteach; chaintigh (archaic)	cainteacha; chainteacha²
Comparative	níos caintí
Superlative	is caintí

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 *cainteach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cainteach	chainteach	gcainteach

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

References

^ “cainteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114