caitheamhach

Irish

Adjective

caitheamhach (genitive singular masculine caitheamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caitheamhaí, plural caitheamhacha, comparative caitheamhaí)

1. Alternative spelling of caifeach (“given to spending; prodigal, wasteful”)

Declension

Declension of caitheamhach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	caitheamhach	chaitheamhach	caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha²
Vocative	chaitheamhaigh		caitheamhacha
Genitive		caitheamhaí	caitheamhacha	caitheamhach
Dative	caitheamhach; chaitheamhach¹	chaitheamhach; chaitheamhaigh (archaic)	caitheamhacha; chaitheamhacha²
Comparative	níos caitheamhaí
Superlative	is caitheamhaí

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
caitheamhach	chaitheamhach	gcaitheamhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caitheamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN