ceapánta
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ceapánta
- stiff, rigid
- starched
- Synonym: stáirseáilte
- niggardly
- Synonyms: ceachartha, gortach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ceapánta | cheapánta | ceapánta; cheapánta2 | |
| vocative | cheapánta | ceapánta | ||
| genitive | ceapánta | ceapánta | ceapánta | |
| dative | ceapánta; cheapánta1 |
cheapánta | ceapánta; cheapánta2 | |
| Comparative | níos ceapánta | |||
| Superlative | is ceapánta | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ceapánta | cheapánta | gceapánta |
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]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceapánta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceapánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58