caipitleach

Irish

Etymology

From caipiteal (“capital”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

caipitleach (genitive singular masculine caipitligh, genitive singular feminine caipitlí, plural caipitleacha, comparative caipitlí)

1. capitalist

Declension

Declension of caipitleach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	caipitleach	chaipitleach	caipitleacha; chaipitleacha²
Vocative	chaipitligh		caipitleacha
Genitive		caipitlí	caipitleacha	caipitleach
Dative	caipitleach; chaipitleach¹	chaipitleach; chaipitligh (archaic)	caipitleacha; chaipitleacha²
Comparative	níos caipitlí
Superlative	is caipitlí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• caipitlíoch
• rachmasaíoch

Derived terms

• caipitleachas (“capitalism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipitleach	chaipitleach	gcaipitleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.