cáidheach

Irish

Etymology

From cáidhe (“dirt, filth”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːja(x)/

Adjective

cáidheach (genitive singular masculine cáidhigh, genitive singular feminine cáidhí, plural cáidheacha, comparative cáidhí)

1. filthy, dirty (covered with filth or dirt), polluted

   Synonyms: brocach, salach, truaillithe

2. filthy, dirty (obscene, offensive)

   Synonyms: graosta, gáirsiúil

3. dirty (sleety; gusty; stormy)

   Synonym: salach

Declension

Declension of cáidheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cáidheach	cháidheach	cáidheacha; cháidheacha²
Vocative	cháidhigh		cáidheacha
Genitive		cáidhí	cáidheacha	cáidheach
Dative	cáidheach; cháidheach¹	cháidheach; cháidhigh (archaic)	cáidheacha; cháidheacha²
Comparative	níos cáidhí
Superlative	is cáidhí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáidheach	cháidheach	gcáidheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 104
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáidheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72