caipitlí

Irish

Etymology

From caipiteal (“capital”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

caipitlí m (genitive singular caipitlí, nominative plural caipitlithe)

1. capitalist

Declension

Declension of caipitlí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative caipitlí caipitlithe Vocative a chaipitlí a chaipitlithe Genitive caipitlí caipitlithe Dative caipitlí caipitlithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an caipitlí na caipitlithe Genitive an chaipitlí na gcaipitlithe Dative leis an gcaipitlí don chaipitlí leis na caipitlithe

Synonyms

• rachmasaí

Derived terms

• caipitlíoch (“capitalistic”, adjective)

Related terms

• caipitleachas (“capitalism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipitlí	chaipitlí	gcaipitlí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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