caimiléireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• caimlínteacht

Etymology

From caimiléir (“dishonest person, crook”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

caimiléireacht f (genitive singular caimiléireachta)

1. crookedness, dishonesty

   Synonyms: éillitheacht, mí-ionracas, mímhacántacht

Declension

Declension of caimiléireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative caimiléireacht Vocative a chaimiléireacht Genitive caimiléireachta Dative caimiléireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chaimiléireacht Genitive na caimiléireachta Dative leis an gcaimiléireacht don chaimiléireacht

Derived terms

• déan caimiléireacht ar (“cheat”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caimiléireacht	chaimiléireacht	gcaimiléireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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