cigilteach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cigileach

Etymology

From cigilt (“tickle, titillation”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cigilteach (genitive singular masculine cigiltigh, genitive singular feminine cigiltí, plural cigilteacha, comparative cigiltí)

1. ticklish

Declension

Declension of cigilteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cigilteach	chigilteach	cigilteacha; chigilteacha²
Vocative	chigiltigh		cigilteacha
Genitive		cigiltí	cigilteacha	cigilteach
Dative	cigilteach; chigilteach¹	chigilteach; chigiltigh (archaic)	cigilteacha; chigilteacha²
Comparative	níos cigiltí
Superlative	is cigiltí

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

Derived terms

• lus cigilteach m (“sensitive plant”)

Related terms

• cigilteacht f (“ticklishness”)
• cigilteán m (“ticklesome person; touchy person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cigilteach	chigilteach	gcigilteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cigilteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cigilteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cigilteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024