caipitleach

Irish

Etymology

From caipiteal (“capital”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

caipitleach (genitive singular masculine caipitligh, genitive singular feminine caipitlí, plural caipitleacha, comparative caipitlí)

1. capitalist

Declension

Declension of caipitleach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	caipitleach	chaipitleach	caipitleacha; chaipitleacha2
vocative	chaipitligh		caipitleacha
genitive		caipitlí	strong noun	weak noun
			caipitleacha	caipitleach
dative	caipitleach; chaipitleach1	chaipitleach; chaipitligh (archaic)	caipitleacha; chaipitleacha2
Comparative	níos caipitlí
Superlative	is caipitlí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• caipitlíoch
• rachmasaíoch

Derived terms

• caipitleachas (“capitalism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caipitleach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caipitleach	chaipitleach	gcaipitleach

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