caipitlíoch
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From caipitlí (“capitalist”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]caipitlíoch (genitive singular masculine caipitlíoch, genitive singular feminine caipitlíche, plural caipitlíocha, comparative caipitlíche)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | caipitlíoch | chaipitlíoch | caipitlíocha; chaipitlíocha2 | |
vocative | chaipitlíoch | caipitlíocha | ||
genitive | caipitlíche | caipitlíocha | caipitlíoch | |
dative | caipitlíoch; chaipitlíoch1 |
chaipitlíoch | caipitlíocha; chaipitlíocha2 | |
Comparative | níos caipitlíche | |||
Superlative | is caipitlíche |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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caipitlíoch | chaipitlíoch | gcaipitlíoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caipitlíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “capitalist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- “capitalistic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025