caitheamhach

Irish

Adjective

caitheamhach (genitive singular masculine caitheamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caitheamhaí, plural caitheamhacha, comparative caitheamhaí)

1. Alternative spelling of caifeach (“given to spending; prodigal, wasteful”)

Declension

Declension of caitheamhach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	caitheamhach	chaitheamhach	caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha2
vocative	chaitheamhaigh		caitheamhacha
genitive		caitheamhaí	caitheamhacha	caitheamhach
dative	caitheamhach; chaitheamhach1	chaitheamhach; chaitheamhaigh (archaic)	caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha2
Comparative	níos caitheamhaí
Superlative	is caitheamhaí

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 caitheamhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caitheamhach	chaitheamhach	gcaitheamhach

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) “caitheamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN