cinéiteach

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “one who puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Adjective

cinéiteach (genitive singular masculine cinéitigh, genitive singular feminine cinéití, plural cinéiteacha, comparative cinéití)

1. kinetic

Declension

Declension of cinéiteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cinéiteach	chinéiteach	cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha2
vocative	chinéitigh		cinéiteacha
genitive		cinéití	cinéiteacha	cinéiteach
dative	cinéiteach; chinéiteach1	chinéiteach; chinéitigh (archaic)	cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha2
Comparative	níos cinéití
Superlative	is cinéití

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

• fuinneamh cinéiteach (“kinetic energy”)
• samhail chinéiteach (“kinetic model”)
• teoiric chinéiteach na ngás (“kinetic theory of gases”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinéiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cinéiteach	chinéiteach	gcinéiteach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.