ceachartha

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceachardha

Etymology

From ceachaire +‎ -tha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcaxəɾə/

Adjective

ceachartha

1. stingy, mean, niggardly, miserly, penurious

   Synonyms: sprionlaithe, míghnaíúil, ocrach

Declension

Declension of ceachartha

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of ceachartha

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

• “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