cáilitheach

Irish

Etymology

From cáilithe +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cáilitheach (genitive singular masculine cáilithigh, genitive singular feminine cáilithí, plural cáilitheacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) qualifying

   aidiacht cháilitheach ― qualifying adjective

Declension

Declension of cáilitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cáilitheach	cháilitheach	cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha²
Vocative	cháilithigh		cáilitheacha
Genitive		cáilithí	cáilitheacha	cáilitheach
Dative	cáilitheach; cháilitheach¹	cháilitheach; cháilithigh (archaic)	cáilitheacha; cháilitheacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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
cáilitheach	cháilitheach	gcáilitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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