cáirigineach

Irish

Etymology

From cáiri- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

cáirigineach (genitive singular masculine cáiriginigh, genitive singular feminine cáiriginí, plural cáirigineacha, comparative cáiriginí)

1. (dentistry) cariogenic

Declension

Declension of cáirigineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cáirigineach	cháirigineach	cáirigineacha; cháirigineacha²
Vocative	cháiriginigh		cáirigineacha
Genitive		cáiriginí	cáirigineacha	cáirigineach
Dative	cáirigineach; cháirigineach¹	cháirigineach; cháiriginigh (archaic)	cáirigineacha; cháirigineacha²
Comparative	níos cáiriginí
Superlative	is cáiriginí

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
cáirigineach	cháirigineach	gcáirigineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.