cainteach

Irish

Alternative forms

cainnteach (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cainntech.^[2] By surface analysis, caint +‎ -each.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkainʲtʲəx/^[3]

Adjective

cainteach (genitive singular masculine caintigh, genitive singular feminine caintí, plural cainteacha, comparative caintí)

talkative, chatty
Synonym: caintiúil

Declension

Declension of cainteach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cainteach	chainteach	cainteacha; chainteacha²
Vocative	chaintigh	chainteach	cainteacha
Genitive	chaintigh	caintí	cainteacha	cainteach
Dative	cainteach; chainteach¹	chainteach; chaintigh (archaic)	cainteacha; chainteacha²
Comparative	níos caintí
Superlative	is caintí

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
cainteach	chainteach	gcainteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ “cainteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114