caipiteal

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English capital, from Latin capitālis.

Noun

caipiteal m (genitive singular caipitil)

1. (economics, business, finance) capital

Declension

Declension of caipiteal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caipiteal Vocative a chaipitil Genitive caipitil Dative caipiteal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an caipiteal Genitive an chaipitil Dative leis an gcaipiteal don chaipiteal

Derived terms

• caipiteal ainmniúil (“nominal capital”)
• caipiteal cúltaca (“reserve capital”)
• caipiteal eisithe (“issued capital”)
• caipiteal glaoite (“called-up capital”)
• caipiteal íoctha (“paid-up capital”)
• caipiteal marbh (“capital lying idle”)
• caipiteal neamhghlaoite (“uncalled capital”)
• caipiteal reatha (“circulating capital”)
• caipitleachas
• caipitlí
• caipitligh (“capitalize”, transitive verb)
• méadú caipitil (“increase of capital”)

 

Related terms

• caipitiúil (“capital”, adjective)
• caipitlíoch (“capitalistic”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipiteal	chaipiteal	gcaipiteal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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