ceachartha
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ceachartha
- stingy, mean, niggardly, miserly, penurious
- Synonyms: sprionlaithe, míghnaíúil, ocrach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ceachartha | cheachartha | ceachartha; cheachartha2 | |
| vocative | cheachartha | ceachartha | ||
| genitive | ceachartha | ceachartha | ceachartha | |
| dative | ceachartha; cheachartha1 |
cheachartha | ceachartha; cheachartha2 | |
| Comparative | níos ceachartha | |||
| Superlative | is ceachartha | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| ceachartha | cheachartha | gceachartha |
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]- “ceachartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cecharda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceaċarḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceachartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
